Ankara Province

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Ankara Province
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Location of Ankara Province
Location of Ankara Province in Turkey
Overview
Region:Central Anatolia Region, Turkey
Area:25,706 (km)
Total Population5,017,914 TUIK 2006 (est)
Population density170.64 (pop/km)
Licence plate code:06
Area code:0312
Governor Websitehttp://www..gov.tr
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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 Dağı.

The climate is hot and dry in summer, cold and snowing in winter, wetter in the north of the province than the dry 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; 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 his first national congress and subsequently in 1923 as the capital city of the Republic of Turkey.

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Central Anatolia Region (İç Anadolu Bölgesi)

Provinces

  • Aksaray Province
  • Ankara Province
  • Çankırı Province
  • Eskişehir Province
  • Karaman Province
  • Kayseri Province
  • Kırıkkale Province
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Country Code: 90

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Anthem
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Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. The city has a population (as of 2005) of 4,319,167 (Province 5,153,000), and a mean elevation of 850 m (2800 ft). It was formerly known as Angora.
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Ankara or Angora was a Ottoman vilayet centered on the city of Ankara in north-central Anatolia, which includes most of ancient Galatia. It was an agricultural country, depending for its prosperity on its grain, wool and the mohair obtained from the beautiful Angora
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Konya (Ottoman Turkish: قونیه; also Koniah, Konieh, Konia, and Qunia; historically also known as Iconium (Latin), Greek:
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The Sakarya (Greek Σαγγάριος, Latinized as Sangarius) is a river in Asia Minor. It runs through what in ancient times was known as Phrygia, and is now a part of Turkey.
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Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. The city has a population (as of 2005) of 4,319,167 (Province 5,153,000), and a mean elevation of 850 m (2800 ft). It was formerly known as Angora.
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In antiquity, Phrygia (Greek: Φρυγία) was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolia. The Phrygian people settled in the area from c. 1200 BC, and established a kingdom in the 8th century BC.
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Lydia (in Greek Λυδία) is a historic region of western Asia Minor, congruent with Turkey's modern provinces of İzmir and Manisa. Its traditional capital was the city of Sardis (Turkish: Sard).
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Motto
Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh
Peace at Home, Peace in the World
Anthem
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Akyurt is an urban district of Ankara Province, Turkey, part of the city of Ankara. Area 258 km². Population 18,100. Elevation 980m.

Akyurt is an industrial area about 30km from the city centre, near Ankara Esenboğa airport, on the road from Ankara to Çankırı.
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Bala is a district of Ankara Province in Turkey, 67 km south-east of the city of Ankara. It covers an area of 2,530 km², and the elevation is 1,310 m. Population is about 40,000.

Bala stands on a high plain, summers are hot, winters are cold and snowy.
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