Mamak is a municipality and
metropolitan district
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of
Ankara Province
Ankara Province (, ) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey with the capital city Ankara. Its area is 25,632 km2, and its population is 5,782,285 (2022).
History
The site of the modern city has been home to settlements ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 321 km
2, and its population is 687,535 (2022).
[ It is part of the city of ]Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
. Its elevation is .
Important public buildings include an infamous military prison which has been the subject of legend; the military electronic surveillance centre; and Ankara's largest rubbish dump.
Demographics
Composition
There are 64 neighbourhoods
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in Mamak District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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Abidinpaşa
* Akdere
* Akşemsettin
* Altıağaç
* Altınevler
* Araplar
* Aşık Veysel
* Bahçeleriçi
* Bahçelerüstü
* Balkiraz
* Başak
* Bayındır
* Boğaziçi
* Bostancık
* Büyükkayaş
* Çağlayan
* Cengizhan
* Çiğiltepe
* Demirlibahçe
* Derbent
* Diriliş
* Dostlar
* Durali Alıç
* Dutluk
* Ege
* Ekin
* Fahri Korutürk
* General Zeki Doğan
* Gökçeyurt
* Gülveren
* Harman
* Hürel
* Hüseyingazi
* Karaağaç
* Karşıyaka
* Kartaltepe
* Kazım Orbay
* Kıbrısköy
* Kızılca
* Köstence
* Küçük Kayaş
* Kusunlar
* Kutlu
* Kutludüğün
* Lalahan
* Mehtap
* Misket
* Mutlu
* Ortaköy
* Peyami Safa
* Şafaktepe
* Şahap Gürler
* Şahintepe
* Saimekadın
* Şehit Cengiz Topel
* Şirintepe
* Tepecik
* Türközü
* Tuzluçayır
* Üreğil
* Yeni Bayındır
* Yeşilbayır
* Yukarı Imrohor
* Zirvekent
Notable people
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Kübra Öztürk
Kübra Öztürk (born May 11, 1991) is a Turkish chess player. As of the July 2012 FIDE rating list, she is ranked number 199 in the world and second in Turkey among female active players. She earned FIDE titles as Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2006 ...
(born 1991),
Woman Grandmaster of chess
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Mustafa Yılmaz (born 1992),
Grandmaster of chess
References
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
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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