Mugla is an ancient Greek city in south-western Turkey. Before 1923 in the city 3000 Greeks were living and belonged to the district of Smyrna. Now, it is the center of the district the same name, as well as of Mugla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean coast. Mugla center is situated inland at an altitude of 660 m and lies at a distance of about 30 km from the nearest seacoast in the Gulf of Gokova to its south-west. Mugla district area neighbors the district areas of Milas, Yatagan and Kavaklıdere to its north by north-west and those of Ula and Koycegiz, all of whom are depending districts. Mugla is the administrative capital of a province that incorporates internationally well-known and popular tourist resorts such as Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye and also the smaller resort of Sarigerme.