The provinces adjacent to it are Mersin to the west, Hatay to the southeast, Osmaniye to the east, Kahramanmaraş to the northeast, Kayseri to the north, and Niğde to the northwest.

[citation needed] Two levels of government are involved in the administration of the Adana Province: the central and the provincial.

[citation needed] The central government in Ankara has the majority of the power in the administration of the province through Adana Governorship.

[citation needed] The governorship oversees the functioning of provincial and regional directorates of the ministries and other governmental agencies.

[citation needed] Provincial and regional directorates of the Central Government include, but are not limited to; The Grand National Assembly (TBMM) is the only law-making authority in Turkey and Adana Province is represented in it with 14 members.

Besides chairing the Turkish: Encümen, the governor also acts as the chief of the Provincial Directorates of the Central Government.

The governor is appointed by the advice of the National Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Cabinet with the approval of the president of the republic.

[citation needed] Although elected by the neighborhood residents, Muhtars are not granted any power nor budget, thus merely act as an administrator of the district Governor.

Karataş and Yumurtalık are the two small settlements at the coast which host cottage dwellers and local tourism.

With the ancient settlements, national parks, waterfalls, highlands and mountains, Adana Province has a mixture of different settings.

[citation needed] Akyatan Lagoon is a large wildlife refuge which acts as a stopover for migratory birds voyaging from Africa to Europe.

Wildlife refuge has a 14700-hectare area made up of forests, lagoon, marsh, sandy and reedy lands.

[12] Yumurtalık Nature Reserve covers an area of 16,430 hectares within the Seyhan-Ceyhan delta, with its lakes, lagoons and wide collection of plant and animal species.

The Alpine region, from the upper borders of the forest, has pastures with rocky areas and little variety of plant life because of the high altitude and slope.