Ankara
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Ankara | |
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City | |
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  Ankara Location o Ankara | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′N 32°52′E / 39.867°N 32.867°E | |
| Kintra | Turkey |
| Region | Central Anatolie |
| Province | Ankara |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Mansur Yavaş [1] (CHP) |
| • Govrenor | Vasip Şahin |
| Area | |
| • City | 2516 km2 (971 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 938 m (3,077 ft) |
| Population (2010)[2] | |
| • Density | 1551/km2 (4,020/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,431,719 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 06xxx |
| Area code(s) | 312 |
| Licence plate | 06 |
| Website | http://www.ankara.bel.tr/ http://www.ankara.gov.tr/ |
Ankara is the caipital o Turkey an the kintras's seicont mucklest city efter Istanbul. The city haes a mean elevation o 938 meters abuin sea level, wi varyin elevations frae 900 meters tae 1,300 meters abuin sea level.[3] As o 2008 the city haed 4,500,000 fowk. Ankara forby is the caipital o Ankara Province.
As wi mony auncient cities, Ankara haes gane bi several names ower the ages. It haes been identified wi the Hittite cult center Ankuwaš,[4][5] awtho this is a matter o debate.[6] In classical antiquity an durin the medieval period, the city wis kent as Ánkyra (Ἄγκυρα, "anchor") in Greek an Ancyra in Latin; the Galatian Celtic name wis mebbe a seemilar variant. Follaein its annexation bi the Seljuk Turks in 1073, the city became kent in mony European leids as Angora, a uisage which continued till its offeecial renamin tae Ankara unner the Turkish Postal Service Law o 1930.[7]
Centrally locatit in Anatolie, Ankara is an important commercial an industrial city. It is the centre o the Turkish Govrenment, an hooses aw foreign embassies. It is an important crossroads o tred, strategically locatit at the centre o Turkey's heichway an railwey netwirks, an serves as the mercatin centre for the surroondin agricultural area. The city wis famous for its lang-haired Angora goat an its prized wool (mohair), a unique breed o cat (Angora cat), white rabbits an thair prized wool (Angora wool), peirs, honey, an the region's muscat grapes.
The historical centre o Ankara is situatit upon a rocky hill, which rises 150 m (492 ft) abuin the plain on the left bank o the Ankara Çayı, a tributary o the Sakarya (Sangarius) river. The city is locatit at 39°52'30" North, 32°52' East (39°52′30″N 32°50′00″E / 39.875°N 32.8333°ECoordinates: 39°52′30″N 32°50′00″E / 39.875°N 32.8333°E), aboot 351 km (218 mi) tae the sootheast o Istanbul, the kintra's mucklest city. Awtho situatit in ane o the driest places o Turkey an surroondit maistly bi steppe vegetation except for the forestit areas on the soothren periphery, Ankara can be considered a green city in terms o green areas per inhabitant, that is 72 m2 per heid.[8]
Ankara is a verra auld city wi various Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, an Ottoman archaeological sites. The hill which owerleuks the city is crouned bi the ruins o the auld castle, which adds tae the picturesqueness o the view, but anly a few historic structures surroondin the auld citadel hae survived tae the present day. Thare are, housomeivver, mony finely preserved remains o Hellenistic, Roman an Byzantine architecture, the maist remarkable bein the Temple o Augustus an Roum (20 BC) which is cried the Monumentum Ancyranum an aa.[9]
Internaitional relations
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[eedit | eedit soorce]Ankara is twinned wi:[10] o Ankara are leetit belaw:
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References
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[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Mayor Mansur Yavaş
- ↑ [1] Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Address-based population report 2010.
- ↑ Ankara, Turkey: Latitude, Longitude and Altitude
- ↑ "Judy Turman: Early Christianity in Turkey". Socialscience.tjc.edu. Archived frae the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 29 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "Saffet Emre Tonguç: Ankara (Hürriyet Seyahat)". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 29 Juin 2010.
- ↑ Gorny, Ronald L. "Zippalanda and Ankuwa: The Geography of Central Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C." The Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 117 (1997).
- ↑ Tore Kjeilen (3 September 2004). "Ankara". I-cias.com. Archived frae the original on 13 Januar 2009. Retrieved 5 Mey 2009.
- ↑ "Municipality of Ankara: Green areas per head". Ankara.bel.tr. Archived frae the original on 19 Julie 2011. Retrieved 29 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "LacusCurtius • Monumentum Ancyranum". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 5 Mey 2009.
- ↑ "Ankara Metropolitan Municipality: Sister Cities of Ankara". © 2007 Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi - Tüm Hakları Saklıdır. Kullanım Koşulları & Gizlilik. Archived frae the original on 14 Januar 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
- ↑ daenet d.o.o. "Sarajevo Official Web Site : Sister cities". Sarajevo.ba. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 Mey 2009.
- ↑ "Tbilisi Municipal Portal - Sister Cities". © 2009 - Tbilisi City Hall. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2013. Retrieved 16 Juin 2009.
- ↑ "Twinning Cities: International Relations" (PDF). Municipality of Tirana. www.tirana.gov.al. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
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