Ankara Province

Ankara Province Ankara ili
—  Province of Turkey  —
Location of Ankara Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	Central Anatolia
Capital	Ankara
Area
• Total	25,706 km2 (9,925 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,771,716
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0312
Vehicle registration	06
Website	ankara.gov.tr

Ankara Province (Turkish: Ankara ili) in central Turkey is the location of the country's capital, the city of Ankara.

Ankara also gave its name to the Ottoman Empire's Ankara Province (vilayet) which covered a larger area than the current province.

Geography

Situated on the large plains of central Anatolia, with mountain forests to the north and the dry plain of Konya to the south. The plain is irrigated by the Kızılırmak and Sakarya River systems, the Sarıyar reservoir and many natural lakes and pools. 50% of the land is used for agriculture, 28% is forest and another 10% is meadow and grazing land. The large salt lake Tuz Golu partly lies in the province. The highest point is the 2,015m Işık Mountain.

The climate is hot and dry in summer, rainy in spring and autumn, cold and snowing in winter, wetter in the north of the province than the drier plains to the south.

History

See Ankara for the history of this region which has seen the passing of numerous great civilisations including Phrygians, Lydians, Persians and Alexander the Great, Galatians; the city of Ankara becoming a fortified stronghold of the Byzantines; and then falling to the Seljuk Turks, and later the Ottoman Empire; and finally being chosen by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as the site of Turkish parliament in 1920 and subsequently in 1923 as the capital city of the Republic of Turkey.

Districts

• Akyurt
• Altındağ
• Ayaş
• Bala
• Beypazarı
• Çamlıdere
• Çankaya
• Çubuk
• Elmadağ
• Etimesgut
• Evren
• Gölbaşı
• Güdül
• Haymana
• Kalecik
• Kazan
• Keçiören
• Kızılcahamam
• Mamak
• Nallıhan
• Polatlı
• Pursaklar
• Sincan
• Yenimahalle
• Şereflikoçhisar

See also

• Ankara Province, Ottoman Empire

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ankara

• Ankara travel information

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v t e Provinces of Turkey Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Aksaray Amasya Ankara Antalya Ardahan Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bartın Batman Bayburt Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Düzce Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkâri Hatay Iğdır Isparta Istanbul İzmir Kahramanmaraş Karabük Karaman Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kilis Kırıkkale Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Mardin Mersin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Osmaniye Rize Sakarya Samsun Şanlıurfa Siirt Sinop Şırnak Sivas Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Uşak Van Yalova Yozgat Zonguldak

Coordinates: 39°36′N 32°30′E / 39.6°N 32.5°E / 39.6; 32.5