This article is about the province of Turkey. For the capital city of Turkey, see Ankara.
Ankara Province
metro province
Coordinates39°36′N 32°30′E
SeatAnkara
Leader name 1Vasip Şahin
Leader partyCHP
Leader nameMansur Yavaş
Area total25632 km²
Population total5782285
Population as of2022
Area code0312
ISO codeTR-06
Websitewww.ankara.bel.tr
www.ankara.gov.tr

Ankara Province (, ˈaŋkaɾa iˈli) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey with the capital city Ankara. Its area is 25,632 km2,[1] and its population is 5,782,285 (2022).[2]

History

Main article: History of Ankara

The site of the modern city has been home to settlements by many historic Anatolian civilizations in antiquity and classical times, including Phrygians, Lydians, Persians and Alexander the Great, Romans, and Galatians. The city of Ankara became a fortified stronghold of the Byzantines; it fell to the Seljuk Turks and later the Ottoman Empire. It was finally chosen by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the Turkish National Movement as the site of the provisional government and the Turkish parliament in 1920, and in 1923 as the capital city of the newly established Republic of Turkey.

Geography

Ankara is mostly in the Central Anatolia region, and partly in the Black Sea region. Ankara has mountain forests to its north, and the dry plain of Konya to its south. The province 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. Lake Tuz, the second largest lake in Turkey, partly lies in the Şereflikoçhisar district of the province. The highest point of the province is the 2,015 meters tall Işık Mountain in the Kızılcahamam district.

Districts

Ankara has 25 districts.[2]

Number Plates
(İlçe Kayıt)		DistrictPopulation
(31.12.2022)		Area (km2)Density
(per km2)
1872Akyurt40,625369110
1130Altındağ413,9941233,365
1157Ayaş12,998104112
1167Bala20,5211,85111
1187Beypazarı48,3571,69728
1227Çamlıdere8,10078210
1231Çankaya942,5534831,951
1260Çubuk95,4491,19880
1302Elmadağ44,37964769
1922Etimesgut614,8912732,252
1924Evren2,95222213
1744Gölbaşı150,0471,364110
1365Güdül8,07954015
1387Haymana26,0162,16412
1815Kahramankazan59,123547108
1427Kalecik12,7941,11012
1745Keçiören939,2791595,907
1473Kızılcahamam26,8721,62317
1746Mamak687,5353212,142
1539Nallıhan26,5532,07913
1578Polatlı128,3783,61835
2034Pursaklar162,389169961
1747Sincan572,609880651
1658Şereflikoçhisar33,1402,15515
1723Yenimahalle704,6522193,218
ANKARA City (9 districts / urban)[3]
Altındağ, Çankaya, Etimesgut, Gölbaşı, Keçiören, Mamak, Pursaklar, Sincan, Yenimahalle		5,187,949[2]3,991[1]1,300
TOTAL5,782,285[2]25,632[1]226
District1965[4]1970[5]1975[6]1980[7]1985[8]1990[9]1997[10]2007[11]2012[11]2017[11]2022[11]
City center130,520114,41994,96477,168
Akyurt12,53516,22923,35427,20132,86340,625
Altındağ229,228348,254526,072624,313406,948422,668394,632370,735363,744371,366413,994
Ayaş16,93617,58118,32517,20221,76220,80618,35213,15913,08712,28912,998
Bala41,41542,20644,73545,15846,94037,61235,29523,50517,39721,68220,521
Beypazarı34,29736,43537,14038,56842,00845,97746,90346,88446,73848,47648,357
Çamlıdere19,59618,98219,44418,52118,34119,36520,9929,3296,7397,3898,100
Çankaya496,953683,210927,809968,668667,351714,330765,354792,189832,075921,999942,553
Çubuk47,60149,53953,11454,61657,71651,96463,70083,82682,61490,06395,449
Elmadağ20,52623,85225,89330,35432,96738,03238,68248,01343,85645,51344,379
Etimesgut70,800127,395289,601425,947566,500614,891
Evren6,9286,5064,0273,0112,7532,952
Gölbaşı31,67143,52249,52673,670110,643130,363150,047
Güdül18,31418,15318,91915,68819,46018,69822,47310,6768,6568,0508,079
Haymana48,90851,25653,27556,17160,82355,52749,73039,31031,05827,27726,016
Kalecik28,66529,78427,87128,44627,34925,04325,87017,00713,64812,89712,794
Kahramankazan21,83726,07636,14743,30852,07959,123
Keçiören443,390536,168615,448843,535840,809917,759939,279
Kızılcahamam42,64936,64536,68635,51332,16234,45637,90625,28824,63524,94726,872
Mamak379,460410,359405,066503,663559,597637,935687,535
Nallıhan31,14132,71332,76934,38935,71836,77939,95231,76830,29928,62126,553
Polatlı63,89574,36675,33286,86595,40199,965104,203118,454119,349124,464128,378
Pursaklar119,593142,317162,389
Şereflikoçhisar69,20175,67582,20779,33087,89360,70155,44334,80835,04233,59933,140
Sincan59,451101,118220,415413,030479,454524,222572,609
Yenimahalle122,166175,528246,154330,908382,205351,436507,242614,778687,042659,603704,652
Total1,644,3022,041,6582,585,2932,854,6893,306,3273,236,6263,693,3904,466,7564,965,5425,445,0265,782,285

The population of the city center was not included after 1980, due to the fact that Ankara received the metropolitan status.

Climate

The climate is hot and dry in summer, rainy in spring and autumn, cold and snowy in winter, wetter in the north of the province than the drier plains to the south. The annual precipitation in the city of Ankara located the center of the province is 415 mm (16.3 in),[12] the annual precipitation of Kızılcahamam located in the north of the province is 592 mm (23.3 in), and the annual precipitation of Şereflikoçhisar located in the southeast of the province is 357 mm (14.1 in).[13][14]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1927404,720—
1940602,965+49.0%
1950819,693+35.9%
19601,321,380+61.2%
19702,041,658+54.5%
19802,854,689+39.8%
19903,236,626+13.4%
20004,007,860+23.8%
20104,771,716+19.1%
20205,663,322+18.7%
20225,782,285+2.1%

Sources:[15][16][17][2]

Places of interest

See also

References

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  13. ^ "Kizilcahamam-Turkey". Weatherbase. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
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  15. ^ Genel Nüfus Sayımları
  16. ^ tuik
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