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Ankara

Ankara is the caipital o Turkey an the kintras's seicont maist muckle ceety efter Istanbul. The ceety haes a mean elevation o 938 metre abuin sea level, wi varyin elevations frae 900 metre tae 1,300 metre abuin sea level.[3] At 2008 the ceety haed 4,500,000 fowk. Ankara is the caipital o Ankara Province an aw.

Ankara
City
Ankara is located in Turkey
Ankara
Ankara
Location o Ankara
Coordinates: 39°52′N 32°52′E / 39.867°N 32.867°E / 39.867; 32.867
KintraTurkey
RegionCentral Anatolie
ProvinceAnkara
Govrenment
 • MayorMansur Yavaş [1] (CHP)
 • GovrenorVasip Şahin
Area
 • City2516 km2 (971 sq mi)
Elevation
938 m (3,077 ft)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Density1551/km2 (4,020/sq mi)
 • Metro
4,431,719
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
06xxx
Area code(s)312
Licence plate06
Websitehttp://www.ankara.bel.tr/
http://www.ankara.gov.tr/

As wi mony auncient cities, Ankara haes gaun bi twa-three name ower the ages. It haes been identified wi the Hittite cult center Ankuwaš,[4][5] awtho this is a maiter o debate.[6] In classical antiquity an durin the medieval period, the ceety 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 ceety became kent in mony European leids as Angora, a uisage thit continued until its offeecial renamin tae Ankara unner the Turkish Postal Service Law o 1930.[7]

Locatit in the centre in Anatolie, Ankara is an important commercial an industrial ceety. It is the centre for 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 ceety 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 seetuatit on a rocky hill, thit rises 150 m (492 ft) abuin the plain on the left bank o the Ankara Çayı, a tributary o the Sakarya (Sangarius) river. The ceety is fund at 39°52'30" North, 32°52' East (39°52′30″N 32°50′00″E / 39.875°N 32.8333°E / 39.875; 32.8333Coordinates: 39°52′30″N 32°50′00″E / 39.875°N 32.8333°E / 39.875; 32.8333), aboot 351 km (218 mi) tae the sootheast o Istanbul, the kintra's mucklest ceety. Awtho situatit in ane o the driest places in Turkey an surroondit maistly bi steppe vegetation except for the forestit areas on the soothren periphery, Ankara can be considered a green ceety in terms o green areas per inhabitant, that is 72 m2 per heid.[8]

Ankara is a verra auld ceety wi various Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, an Ottoman archaeological sites. The hill thit owerleuks the ceety is crouned bi the ruins o the auld castle, thit adds tae the picturesque view, but anely twa-three historic structur surroondin the auld citadel hae survived tae the present day. Thare are, housomeivver, mony finely preserved remeens o Hellenistic, Roman an Byzantine architectur, the maist remairkable bein the Temple o Augustus an Roum (20 BC) thit is cried the Monumentum Ancyranum an aw.[9]

Internaitional relations

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Twin touns — sister cities

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Ankara is twinned wi:[10] o Ankara are leetit belaw:

Africae
Americas
Asie
  
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    Atakule Touer an Atrium maw in central Ankara
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References

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Mayor Mansur Yavaş
  2. ↑ [1] Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Address-based population report 2010.
  3. ↑ Ankara, Turkey: Latitude, Longitude and Altitude
  4. ↑ "Judy Turman: Early Christianity in Turkey". Socialscience.tjc.edu. Archived frae the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 29 Juin 2010.
  5. ↑ "Saffet Emre Tonguç: Ankara (Hürriyet Seyahat)". Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 29 Juin 2010.
  6. ↑ 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).
  7. ↑ Tore Kjeilen (3 September 2004). "Ankara". I-cias.com. Archived frae the original on 13 Januar 2009. Retrieved 5 Mey 2009.
  8. ↑ "Municipality of Ankara: Green areas per head". Ankara.bel.tr. Archived frae the original on 19 Julie 2011. Retrieved 29 Juin 2010.
  9. ↑ "LacusCurtius • Monumentum Ancyranum". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 5 Mey 2009.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Sister Cities". Beijing Municipal Government. Archived frae the original on 17 Januar 2010. Retrieved 23 Juin 2009.
  12. ↑ daenet d.o.o. "Sarajevo Official Web Site : Sister cities". Sarajevo.ba. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 6 Mey 2009.
  13. ↑ "Tbilisi Municipal Portal - Sister Cities". © 2009 - Tbilisi City Hall. Archived frae the original on 24 Julie 2013. Retrieved 16 Juin 2009.
  14. ↑ "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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