Bala is a town and district of
Ankara Province
Ankara Province ( tr, , ) 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, in ...
in the
Central Anatolia
The Central Anatolia Region ( tr, İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara. Other big cities are Konya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Sivas, and Aksaray.
Located in Central Turkey, it is borde ...
region of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, 67 km south-east of the city of
Ankara
Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 19,426 of which 8,506 live in the urban center of Bala.
The district covers an area of ,
and the average elevation is .
Bala stands on a high plain, summers are hot, winters are cold and snowy. The town of Bala is small but busy with shops and light manufacturing workshops, the surrounding countryside is used for farming, especially grains and sunflower seeds. Recently Ankara's wealthier citizens have begun building luxury housing in some villages of Bala. However the town stands on a fault line and experiences many earthquakes.
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Places of interest
The forest of Beynam and the Kesikköprü reservoir are two of Ankara's most popular picnic spots.
Settlements in the district
Towns
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Afşar
* Bala
Neighborhoods
*Abazlı
*Ahmetçayırı
*Akarlar
*Akörençarşak
*Aydoğan
*Aşağıhacıbekir
*Aşıkoğlu
*Bahçekaradalak
*Bağiçi
*Bektaşlı
*Belçarsak
*Beynam
*Buyukdavdanlı
*Büyükboyalık
*Büyükbıyık
*Büyükcamili
*Davdanlı
*Derekışla
*Erdemli
*Ergin
*Evciler
*Eğribasan
*Gülbağı
*Hanburun
*Karahamzalı
*Keklicek
*Kerişli
*Kesikköprü
*Koçyayla
*Kömürcü
*Köseli
*Küçükbayat
*Küçükboyalık
*Küçükbıyık
*Küçükcamili
*Sarıhüyük
*Sofular
*Suyugüzel
*Sırapınar
*Tatarhüyük
*Tepeköy
*Tolköy
*Yaylaköy
*Yaylalıözü
*Yeniköy
*Yeniyapançarşak
*Yeniyapanşeyhli
*Yukarıhacıbekir
*Yöreli
*Çatalçeşme
*Çatalören
*Çiğdemli
*Üçem
*Şehriban
Notes
References
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External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
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Populated places in Ankara Province
Districts of Ankara Province