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Şereflikoçhisar (), formerly known as Koçhisar, is a municipality and
district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
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 Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 2,155 km2, and its population is 33,140 (2022). It is 148 km south 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 average elevation ranges between 900 and 1,200 m, with the highest point being Mt. Karasenir at 1,650 m. The area is a flat dry plain, the only water source being Hirfanlı reservoir and the salt lake
Lake Tuz Lake Tuz ( meaning 'Salt Lake) is the second largest lake in Turkey with its surface area and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world. It is located in the Central Anatolia Region, northeast of Konya, south-southeast of Ankara and ...
. The countryside is inhospitable, with minerals extracted from the salt lake being a major source of income. Therefore, the rural population is migrating to nearby towns or abroad.


Demographics


Name

The name derives from the Seljuk Turkish castle of ''Koçhisar''. The prefix ''Şerefli'' meaning "honourable" was added by Atatürk in recognition of the men of the town lost at the battle of Gallipoli.


History

Şereflikoçhisar is believed to have been inhabited since the time of the
Hittites The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...
and was a thriving town in the
Seljuk Seljuk (, ''Selcuk'') or Saljuq (, ''Saljūq'') may refer to: * Seljuk Empire (1051–1153), a medieval empire in the Middle East and central Asia * Seljuk dynasty (c. 950–1307), the ruling dynasty of the Seljuk Empire and subsequent polities * S ...
and
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
periods.


Composition

There are 64
neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
s in Şereflikoçhisar District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
* Acıkuyu * Acıöz * Akarca * Akin * Akseki * Aktaş * Aliuşağı * Bağobası * Baltalı * Boğaziçi * Büyükdamlacık * Büyükkışla * Çalören * Çatçat * Çavuşköy * Çayırönü * Cıngıl * Cumhuriyet * Deliller * Devekovan * Doğankaya * Ekici * Eley * Emek * Fadıllı * Geçitli * Gülhüyük * Hacıbektaşlı * Hacıenbiya * Hamzalı * Haydarlı * Hürriyet * İstiklal * Kacarlı * Kadıncık * Kadıobası * Kale *
Karabük Karabük is a city in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karabük Province and Karabük District.Karamollauşağı * Karandere * Küçükdamlacık * Mehmet Akif Ersoy * Mustafacık * Musular * Odunboğazı * Palazobası * Parlasan * Sadıklı * Sanayi * Şanlıkışla * Sarıkaya * Şekerköy * Şereflidavutlu * Şeyh Kuyusu * Şeyhli * Seymenli * Tuzla * Üzengilik * Yalnızpınar * Yazısöğüt * Yeni * Yeşilova * Yeşilyurt * Yusufkuyusu


References


External links


District governor's official website
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District municipality's official website
Populated places in Ankara Province Districts of Ankara Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Şereflikoçhisar-geo-stub