Ankara Province

For other uses, see Ankara (disambiguation).
Ankara Province
Ankara ili
Province of Turkey

Location of Ankara Province in Turkey
Country Turkey
Region West Anatolia
Subregion Ankara
Government
 • Electoral district 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

Ankara Province (Turkish: Ankara ili) is the capital province of Turkey.

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 declared Republic of Turkey.

Districts

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 415 mm,[2] the annual precipitation of Kızılcahamam located in the north of the province is 592 mm (1.942 ft), and the annual precipitation of Şereflikoçhisar located in the southeast of the province is 357 mm (14.1 in).[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
  2. ↑ "Ankara" (in Turkish). Turkish State Meteorological Service. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Kizilcahamam-Turkey". Weatherbase. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Coğrafi Yapı". Sereflikochisar.gov.tr. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°36′N 32°30′E / 39.600°N 32.500°E / 39.600; 32.500

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