Place details
Place nameYakapinar
Other namesYakapinar, Mopsuestia, Misis, Seleucea on the Pyramos
CountryTürkiye
Latitude36.95
Longitude35.6
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
City of ancient Cilicia Campestris, ca. 19 km E of Adana at an important crossing of the Ceyhan (Pyramos) river; in Persian hands until the time of Alexander the Great; ruins include a Roman bridge, theater, stadium & colonnaded street.