{{Short description|District in Turkey}} {{Infobox Turkey place | type = metro district | name = Defne | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Hatay location Defne.png | map_caption = Map showing Defne District in Hatay Province | coordinates = {{coord|36|11|18|N|36|8|52|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | province = Hatay | leader_party = CHP | leader_name = Halil İbrahim Özgün | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 155 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> | population_total = 139605 | population_as_of = 2025 | postal_code = 31160 | area_code = 0326 | website = {{url|http://www.defne.bel.tr/}} }} '''Defne''' is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey.<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.</ref> Its area is 155 km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> and its population is 139,605 (2026)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=2026-05-24 |website=biruni.tuik.gov.tr}}</ref>. The district Defne was created in 2013 from parts of the former central district of Hatay and the district of Samandağ.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law No. 6360|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm |date=6 December 2012 |work=Official Gazette|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri |url=https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/kurumlar/icisleri.gov.tr/IcSite/illeridaresi/İstatistiki%20Bilgiler/İl%20İdaresi%20ve%20Mülki%20Bölümler/il%20ilce%20kurulus%20tarihleri_2019.pdf |access-date=20 September 2023|page=39 |language=tr}}</ref> It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Antakya and the adjacent countryside.
Defne was heavily damaged by powerful earthquakes in February 2023 and subsequent aftershocks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iskenderun.org/hatayda-agir-yikimin-bilancosu|title=Hatay’da ağır yıkımın bilançosu...|trans-title=The result of the heavy destruction in Hatay...|publisher=Iskenderun.org|date=2023-04-08|language=tr}}</ref>
The municipality of Defne was named after the Greek mythological figure of Daphne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defne.bel.tr/defne/|title=DEFNE – Defne Belediyesi|language=tr|access-date=2020-01-11}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Tourist sites in Defne include the Harbiye Hydro Park and Harbiye Waterfall, as well as the historic site of St Simeon's Monastery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.defne.bel.tr/defne-kent-rehberi/tarihi-turistik-yerler/|title=TARİHİ & TURİSTİK YERLER – Defne Belediyesi|language=tr|access-date=2020-01-11|archive-date=2020-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111131930/https://www.defne.bel.tr/defne-kent-rehberi/tarihi-turistik-yerler/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Composition== There are 37 neighbourhoods in Defne District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706215822/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2015-07-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * Akdeniz * Aknehir * Armutlu * Aşağıokçular * Bahçeköy * Balıklıdere * Ballıöz * Bostancık * Büyükçat * Çardaklı * Çekmece * Çınarlı * Çökek * Değirmenyolu * Döver * Dursunlu * Elektrik * Gümüşgöze * Güneysöğüt * Hancağız * Harbiye * Hüseyinli * Karşıyaka * Koçören * Meydancık * Orhanlı * Özbek * Samankaya * Sinanlı * Subaşı * Sümerler * Tavla * Toygarlı * Turunçlu * Üzengili * Yeniçağ * Yeşilpınar {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Hatay}} {{Defne District}}
Category:Defne Category:Districts of Hatay Province Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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