Geography

Kuskan is situated at 36°29′N 33°16′E. It is a part of Gülnar

Gülnar

Gülnar is a district of Mersin Province of Turkey, south-west of the city of Mersin.-Geography:The town of Gülnar is inland on a plain high in the Taurus Mountains, attractive countryside known for its vineyards and its green meadows used for summer grazing. Gülnar is a small town providing high...

 district of Mersin Province. It a mountain town with an altitude of 875 metres (2,870.7 ft) and it is quite far from the main highways. The distance to selected localities are, 42 km to Gülnar, 32 km to Mut (another district center of Mersin Province) and 170 kilometres (105.6 mi) to Mersin

Mersin

-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

. The population is 2487 as of 2010

Economy

Kuskan is a typical agricultural town. Traditional crops are cereal

Cereal

Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...

s. But lately some farmers try other crops such as grape

Grape

A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...

, apple

Apple

The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...

, pistacio and olive

Olive

The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...

. There are a few carpet weaving loom

Loom

A loom is a device used to weave cloth. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads...

s in the town. But weaving is on the decline.