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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = neighbourhood
| province             = Hatay
| district             = [[Dörtyol]]
| name                 = Kuzuculu
| population_total     = 11171
| population_as_of     = 2022
| coordinates          = {{coord|36|53|N|36|14|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m          = 105
| postal_code          = 31600
| area_code            = 0326
|other_name             = Kuzulu
}}
'''Kuzuculu''' is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of [[Dörtyol]], [[Hatay Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.</ref> Its population is 11,171 (2022).<ref>{{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> Before the [[2013 Turkish local government reorganisation|2013 reorganisation]], it was a town (''[[belde]]'').<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 of the Republic of Turkey|Official Gazette]]|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2010/09/20100912-1-1.doc |date=12 September 2010|work=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey|Official Gazette]]|language=tr|format=DOC}}</ref> It is almost merged to Dörtyol to the south.
The town was founded about five centuries ago by an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[pasha]] named Emir Ali who built a watermill on the creek just south of the settlement. The first settlers were from [[Central Anatolia]]. They owned sheep herds and used this settlement as a ''kışlak'' (winter quarters for the herd). The name of the town refers to these early settlers, as ''Kuzucu'' means lamb owner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kuzuculu.bel.tr/Sayfa_13_Tarihimiz.aspx |title=Mayor's page |language=tr |access-date=2012-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308043329/http://www.kuzuculu.bel.tr/Sayfa_13_Tarihimiz.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kuzuculu was declared a seat of township in 1957.
==References==
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{{Dörtyol District}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Populated coastal places in Turkey]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Dörtyol District]]