Pamukkale, Denizli
| Pamukkale | |
|---|---|
| İlçe (district) | |
  Pamukkale Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E / 37.783°N 29.100°ECoordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E / 37.783°N 29.100°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey |
| Province | Denizli Province |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Urban | 311,496[1] |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 20000 |
| Area code(s) | 0258 |
| Licence plate | 20 |
Pamukkale is a planned district and second-level municipality in Denizli Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750,000 will be metropolitan municipalities and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second-level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts.[2]These changes will be effective by the local elections in 2014.
Thus after 2014 the present district of Akköy as well as a part of Denizli central district will be named Pamukkale and the name Denizli will be reserved for the metropolitan municipality (Pamukkale is the name of a well known thermal springs center near Denizli).
Rural area
There were six towns and 11 villages in the rural area of Pamukkale. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Pamukkale".
References
- ↑ Statistical Institute
- ↑ Official gazette (Turkish)