Ankara Province


Ankara Province is a province of Turkey with the capital city Ankara.

Demographics

History

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.

Districts

Ankara has 25 districts.
DistrictPopulation Area Density
Akyurt32.86336989
Altındağ371.3661233.019
Ayaş12.2891.04112
Bala21.6821.85112
Beypazarı48.4761.69729
Çamlıdere7.3897829
Çankaya921.9994831.909
Çubuk90.0631.19875
Elmadağ45.51364770
Etimesgut566.5002732.075
Evren2.75322212
Gölbaşı130.3631.36496
Güdül8.05054015
Haymana27.2772.16413
Kahramankazan52.07954795
Kalecik12.8971.11012
Keçiören917.7591595.772
Kızılcahamam24.9471.62315
Mamak637.9353211.987
Nallıhan28.6212.07914
Polatlı124.4643.61834
Pursaklar142.317169842
Sincan524.222880596
Şereflikoçhisar33.5992.15516
Yenimahalle659.6032193.012
Urban
Altındağ, Çankaya, Etimesgut, Gölbaşı, Keçiören, Mamak, Pursaklar, Sincan, Yenimahalle		4.871.8843.9911.221
TOTAL5.445.02625.632212

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.

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, the annual precipitation of Kızılcahamam located in the north of the province is, and the annual precipitation of Şereflikoçhisar located in the southeast of the province is.