Ankara Province
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Ankara Province (Turkish: Ankara ili) is a province located in central Turkey. Its area is 25.615 km.2 , population 4.007.860 (2000 census). It is surrounded by the provinces of Bolu and Çankırı to the north, Kırıkkale to the east, Kırşehir and Aksaray to the south-east, Konya to the south, and Eskişehir to the west. Its capital is the city of Ankara, also the capital of Turkey. Ankara also gave its name to the Ottoman Empire's Ankara Province (vilayet) which covered a larger area than the current province.
[edit] Districts
Ankara province is divided into 25 districts (capital district in bold):
Districts of Ankara | ||
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Metropolitan districts: Akyurt | Altındağ | Ayaş | Bala | Çankaya | Çubuk | Elmadağ | Etimesgut | Gölbaşı | Kalecik | Kazan | Keçiören | Mamak | Sincan | Yenimahalle |
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External districts: Beypazarı | Çamlıdere | Evren | Güdül | Haymana | Kızılcahamam | Nallıhan | Polatlı | Şereflikoçhisar |
Provinces of Turkey | |
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Adana | Adıyaman | Afyonkarahisar | Ağrı | Aksaray | Amasya | Ankara | Antalya | Ardahan | Artvin | Aydın | Balıkesir | Bartın | Batman | Bayburt | Bilecik | Bingöl | Bitlis | Bolu | Burdur | Bursa | Çanakkale | Çankiri | Çorum | Denizli | Diyarbakır | Düzce | Edirne | Elazığ | Erzincan | Erzurum | Eskişehir | Gaziantep | Giresun | Gümüşhane | Hakkâri | Hatay | Iğdır | Isparta | Istanbul | Izmir | 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 |