Country Turkey District Erdemli Postal code 33350 Elevation 1,550 m Area code 0324 | Province Mersin Province Time zone EET (UTC+2) Licence plate 33 Population 19 (2012) | |
Hacıalanı is a very small village in Erdemli district of Mersin Province, Turkey. The village is situated in the peneplane area to the south of Toros Mountains at 36°50′N 35°11′E. The distance to Erdemli is 43 kilometres (27 mi) and the distance to Mersin is 70 kilometres (43 mi). Although the settled population of the village is only 19. as of 2011, the number of houses in the village exceeds 400. Because the village is actually a yayla (summer resort) and the population sharply increases during the summers up to 3000. The artificial lake Karakız is to the east of the village. The touristic potential of the village with the Roman ruins as well as cedar forests is promising. But at the present tourism plays no important role in village economy. Main economic activity is farming. Main crops are tomato, cherry, peach, apple and beans. Animal breeding is another activity.