The first settlement of Kumluca was established in 1830 under the name Sarı Kavak, on the slopes of the hills, 5 km east of the center of the district. Finike separated from Elmalı and Iğdırmağardıç Subdistrict of Antalya were divided into Kumluca and Kemer, Kemer was connected to Antalya and Kumluca to Finike. Meanwhile, Sarıkavak is a neighborhood of Iğdırmağardıç Subdistrict. Today's Kuzca Village was a separate parish back then. In 1924, the center of Kuzca Subdistrict was moved to Gödene (Altınyaka), and Kumluca Subdistrict was established in the place where today's district center is located, where nomadic people settled and became a crowded center over time. Kumluca sub-district grew even more and became a district by leaving Finike in 1958 with the law numbered 7033.

While there was no settlement in today's district center, a villager from Sarıkavak planted a watermelon on the west bank of the Cavur Stream, where the present city center is located, which is a sandy and heather land. On the beach and fertile land, the watermelons are quite large. While the grower was taking the grown watermelons to the villages and selling them, the villagers asked where he had grown these watermelons. He replied, "On a sandy place by the creek". The praise of the famous watermelons of this village caused the name of the place where the watermelons are grown to be "Kumluca" in time.

Kumluca District is 90 km from Antalya, on the extension extending towards the Mediterranean at the level of Antalya Bay and Fethiye Bay, which is called Teke Peninsula in the western part of the Western Mediterranean part of the Antalya Bay. The area of the district is 1253 km². There is the Mediterranean Sea to the south of the district, the Finike district to the west, and the Elmalı district to the west and northwest.

The district is located on a fertile plain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, extending from the sea to the north and ending in Tatlık region. On the eastern extension of this plain is the town of Mavikent. There are six more villages on the plain besides Mavikent. The mountains in the north of the district rose gradually and formed a rough terrain extending up to the Beydağları.

The Mediterranean climate is dominant in the district. In summer, the air temperature can even reach 48 degrees. It receives heavy precipitation in winters, snowfall is not encountered. There are strong winds in winter.

In the district; There are important ancient cities such as Olympos, Corydella, Rhodiapolis, Idebessiois and Gagae. In particular, Olympos is visited by many domestic and foreign tourists. The studies and historical artifacts unearthed in this ancient city in 1991 further increased the historical and touristic value of this place.

The coastline of the district is 30 km. Adrasan bay and Olympos bay in Adrasan Mahallesi on this coastline; It serves domestic and foreign tourists with its hotels, motels, pensions and restaurants. There are holiday sites in Mavikent neighborhood, Karaöz Bay. The coastline between the Mavikent neighborhood and the Finike district border is currently inhabited only by wooden houses (obas) built by the local people. However, the construction of holiday sites on the beaches of Mavikent and Beykonak continues. In addition, as highland tourism, tours to the highlands are organized for domestic and foreign tourists.

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