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{{Short description|Province of Turkey}}
{{For other uses|Ankara (disambiguation)}}
{{About|the province of Turkey|the capital city of Turkey|Ankara}}
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = metro province
| name                 =  Ankara Province
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| image_caption        = Ankara skyline
| image_shield         = 
| image_map            = Ankara in Turkey.svg
| map_caption          = Location of the province within Turkey
| coordinates          = {{Coord|39|36|N|32|30|E|type:adm1st_region:TR-06|display=title,inline}}
| seat                 = [[Ankara]]
| leader_name1         = [[Vasip Şahin]]
| leader_party         = CHP
| leader_name          = [[Mansur Yavaş]]
| area_footnotes       = 
| area_total_km2       = 25632
| elevation_m          = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 5782285
| population_as_of     = 2022
| area_code            = 0312
| blank1_name          = [[ISO 3166-2:TR|ISO code]]
| blank1_info          = TR-06
| website              = {{url|http://www.ankara.bel.tr/}}<br>{{url|http://www.ankara.gov.tr/}}
}}

'''Ankara Province''' ({{langx|tr|{{italics correction|Ankara ili}}}}, {{IPA|tr|ˈaŋkaɾa iˈli|pron}}) is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] and [[Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey|metropolitan municipality]] of [[Turkey]] with the capital city [[Ankara]]. Its area is 25,632&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref name=harita>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> and its population is 5,782,285 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref>

== History ==
{{Main|History of Ankara}}

The site of the modern city has been home to settlements by many historic Anatolian civilizations in antiquity and classical times, including [[Phrygians]], [[Lydians]], [[Achaemenid Empire|Persians]] and [[Alexander the Great]], [[Roman Empire|Romans]], and [[Galatians (People)|Galatians]]. The city of [[Ankara]] became a fortified stronghold of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]]; it fell to the [[Seljuk Turks]] and later the [[Ottoman Empire]]. It was finally chosen by [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] and the [[Turkish National Movement]] as the site of the [[Government of the Grand National Assembly|provisional government]] and the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Turkish parliament]] in 1920, and in 1923 as the capital city of the newly established [[Republic of Turkey]].

== Geography ==
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[[File:Akarsu ile Kız Tepesi.jpg|thumb|A view from Nallıhan Kiz Tepesi.[[File:Ankara Cubuk Karagol.jpg|thumb|A view from Cubuk/Karagol.]]]]

Ankara is mostly in the [[Central Anatolia Region|Central Anatolia region]], and partly in the [[Black Sea Region|Black Sea]] region. Ankara has mountain forests to its north, and the dry plain of [[Konya]] to its south. The province is irrigated by the [[Kızılırmak River|Kızılırmak]] and [[Sakarya River]] systems, the Sarıyar reservoir and many natural lakes and pools. 50% of the land is used for agriculture, 28% is forest and another 10% is meadow and grazing land. [[Lake Tuz]], the second largest lake in Turkey, partly lies in the Şereflikoçhisar district of the province. The highest point of the province is the 2,015 meters tall Işık Mountain in the Kızılcahamam district.

=== Districts ===
[[File:Ankara location districts.svg|thumbnail|350px|Ankara Province]]
[[File:Ankara road map.png|thumbnail|350px|Ankara City]]

Ankara has 25 districts.<ref name="tuik"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
![[Vehicle registration plates of Turkey|Number Plates<br/>''(İlçe Kayıt)'']]    
!District
!Population<br/>(31.12.2022)
!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
!Density<br/>(per km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|align="center" |1872
|Akyurt
|align="right" |40,625
|align="right" |369
|align="right" |110
|-
|align="center" |1130
|Altındağ
|align="right" |413,994
|align="right" |123
|align="right" |3,365
|-
|align="center" |1157
|Ayaş
|align="right" |12,998
|align="right" |1041
|align="right" |12
|-
|align="center" |1167
|Bala
|align="right" |20,521
|align="right" |1,851
|align="right" |11
|-
|align="center" |1187
|Beypazarı
|align="right" |48,357
|align="right" |1,697
|align="right" |28
|-
|align="center" |1227
|Çamlıdere
|align="right" |8,100
|align="right" |782
|align="right" |10
|-
|align="center" |1231
|Çankaya
|align="right" |942,553
|align="right" |483
|align="right" |1,951
|-
|align="center" |1260
|Çubuk
|align="right" |95,449
|align="right" |1,198
|align="right" |80
|-
|align="center" |1302
|Elmadağ
|align="right" |44,379
|align="right" |647
|align="right" |69
|-
|align="center" |1922
|Etimesgut
|align="right" |614,891
|align="right" |273
|align="right" |2,252
|-
|align="center" |1924
|Evren
|align="right" |2,952
|align="right" |222
|align="right" |13
|-
|align="center" |1744
|Gölbaşı
|align="right" |150,047
|align="right" |1,364
|align="right" |110
|-
|align="center" |1365
|Güdül
|align="right" |8,079
|align="right" |540
|align="right" |15
|-
|align="center" |1387
|Haymana
|align="right" |26,016
|align="right" |2,164
|align="right" |12
|-
|align="center" |1815
|Kahramankazan
|align="right" |59,123
|align="right" |547
|align="right" |108
|-
|align="center" |1427
|Kalecik
|align="right" |12,794
|align="right" |1,110
|align="right" |12
|-
|align="center" |1745
|Keçiören
|align="right" |939,279
|align="right" |159
|align="right" |5,907
|-
|align="center" |1473
|Kızılcahamam
|align="right" |26,872
|align="right" |1,623
|align="right" |17
|-
|align="center" |1746
|Mamak
|align="right" |687,535
|align="right" |321
|align="right" |2,142
|-
|align="center" |1539
|Nallıhan
|align="right" |26,553
|align="right" |2,079
|align="right" |13
|-
|align="center" |1578
|Polatlı
|align="right" |128,378
|align="right" |3,618
|align="right" |35
|-
|align="center" |2034
|Pursaklar
|align="right" |162,389
|align="right" |169
|align="right" |961
|-
|align="center" |1747
|Sincan
|align="right" |572,609
|align="right" |880
|align="right" |651
|-
|align="center" |1658
|Şereflikoçhisar
|align="right" |33,140
|align="right" |2,155
|align="right" |15
|-
|align="center" |1723
|Yenimahalle
|align="right" |704,652
|align="right" |219
|align="right" |3,218
|-
|- class=sortbottom
!colspan="2" |ANKARA City (9 districts / urban)<ref>{{cite web|title=TURKEY: Ankara City|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/turkey/ankaracity/|publisher= Citypopulation.de|access-date= }}</ref><br/><small>Altındağ, Çankaya, Etimesgut, Gölbaşı, Keçiören, Mamak, Pursaklar, Sincan, Yenimahalle</small>
|align="center" |'''5,187,949'''<ref name="tuik"/>
|align="center" |'''3,991'''<ref name="harita"/>
|align="center" |'''1,300'''
|-
|- class=sortbottom
!colspan="2" |TOTAL
|align="center" |'''5,782,285'''<ref name="tuik"/>
|align="center" |'''25,632'''<ref name="harita"/>
|align="center" | '''226'''
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:0.85em; text-align:center;"
|-
! style="width:5em;" | District
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 1965<ref name="TÜİK1965">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015227.pdf | title = 1965 General Census | date = 1965 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220531152603/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015227.pdf | archive-date = 31 May 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 1970<ref name="TÜİK1970">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015363.pdf | title = 1970 General Census | date = 1970 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810121207/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015363.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 1975<ref name="TÜİK1975">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015628.pdf | title = 1975 General Census | date = 1975 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220810123238/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015628.pdf | archive-date = 10 August 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 1980<ref name="TÜİK1980">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | title = 1980 General Census | date = 1980 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220617101828/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | archive-date = 17 June 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 1985<ref name="TÜİK1985">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | title = 1985 General Census | date = 1986 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210522110755/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | archive-date = 22 May 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 1990<ref name="TÜİK1990">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | title = 1990 General Census | date = 1991 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210831205734/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | archive-date = 31 August 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 1997<ref name="TÜİK1997">{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | title = 1997 Population Count | date = 1999 | publisher = [[Turkish Statistical Institute]] | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221030113057/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2022 | url-status = live }}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 2007<ref name=tuik1>{{cite web|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |title=Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts|publisher=[[Turkish Statistical Institute|TÜIK]] |access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 2012<ref name=tuik1/>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 2017<ref name=tuik1/>
! style="width:5em;" data-sort-type="number" | 2022<ref name=tuik1/>
|-
| City center{{ref|population|[a]}} || 130,520 || 114,419 || 94,964 || 77,168 || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}}
|-
| [[Akyurt]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 12,535 || 16,229 || 23,354 || 27,201 || 32,863 || 40,625
|- 
| [[Altındağ]] || 229,228 || 348,254 || 526,072 || 624,313 || 406,948 || 422,668 || 394,632 || 370,735 || 363,744 || 371,366 || 413,994
|-
| [[Ayaş]] || 16,936 || 17,581 || 18,325 || 17,202 || 21,762 || 20,806 || 18,352 || 13,159 || 13,087 || 12,289 || 12,998
|-
| [[Bala, Ankara|Bala]] || 41,415 || 42,206 || 44,735 || 45,158 || 46,940 || 37,612 || 35,295 || 23,505 || 17,397 || 21,682 || 20,521
|-
| [[Beypazarı]] || 34,297 || 36,435 || 37,140 || 38,568 || 42,008 || 45,977 || 46,903 || 46,884  || 46,738 || 48,476 || 48,357
|-
| [[Çamlıdere, Ankara|Çamlıdere]] || 19,596 || 18,982 || 19,444 || 18,521 || 18,341 || 19,365 || 20,992 || 9,329 || 6,739 || 7,389 || 8,100
|-
| [[Çankaya District|Çankaya]] || 496,953 || 683,210 || 927,809 || 968,668 || 667,351 || 714,330 || 765,354 || 792,189 || 832,075 || 921,999 || 942,553
|-
| [[Çubuk]] || 47,601 || 49,539 || 53,114 || 54,616 || 57,716 || 51,964 || 63,700 || 83,826 || 82,614 || 90,063 || 95,449
|-
| [[Elmadağ, Ankara|Elmadağ]] || 20,526 || 23,852 || 25,893 || 30,354 || 32,967 || 38,032 || 38,682 || 48,013 || 43,856 || 45,513 || 44,379
|-
| [[Etimesgut]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 70,800 || 127,395 || 289,601 || 425,947 || 566,500 || 614,891
|-
| [[Evren, Ankara|Evren]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 6,928 || 6,506 || 4,027 || 3,011 || 2,753 || 2,952
|-
| [[Gölbaşı, Ankara|Gölbaşı]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 31,671 || 43,522 || 49,526 || 73,670 || 110,643 || 130,363 || 150,047
|-
| [[Güdül]] || 18,314 || 18,153 || 18,919 || 15,688 || 19,460 || 18,698 || 22,473 || 10,676 || 8,656 || 8,050 || 8,079
|-
| [[Haymana]] || 48,908 || 51,256 || 53,275 || 56,171 || 60,823 || 55,527 || 49,730 || 39,310 || 31,058 || 27,277 || 26,016
|-
| [[Kalecik, Ankara|Kalecik]] || 28,665 || 29,784 || 27,871 || 28,446 || 27,349 || 25,043 || 25,870 || 17,007 || 13,648 || 12,897 || 12,794
|-
| [[Kahramankazan]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 21,837 || 26,076 || 36,147 || 43,308 || 52,079 || 59,123
|-
| [[Keçiören]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 443,390 || 536,168 || 615,448 || 843,535 || 840,809 || 917,759 || 939,279
|-
| [[Kızılcahamam]] || 42,649 || 36,645 || 36,686 || 35,513 || 32,162 || 34,456 || 37,906 || 25,288 || 24,635 || 24,947 || 26,872
|-
| [[Mamak, Ankara|Mamak]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 379,460 || 410,359 || 405,066 || 503,663 || 559,597 || 637,935 || 687,535
|-
| [[Nallıhan]] || 31,141 || 32,713 || 32,769 || 34,389 || 35,718 || 36,779 || 39,952 || 31,768 || 30,299 || 28,621 || 26,553
|- 
| [[Polatlı]] || 63,895 || 74,366 || 75,332 || 86,865 || 95,401 || 99,965 || 104,203 || 118,454 || 119,349 || 124,464 || 128,378
|-
| [[Pursaklar]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 119,593 || 142,317 || 162,389
|-
| [[Şereflikoçhisar]] || 69,201 || 75,675 || 82,207 || 79,330 || 87,893 || 60,701 || 55,443 || 34,808 || 35,042 || 33,599 || 33,140
|-
| [[Sincan, Ankara|Sincan]] || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || {{N/A|no data}} || 59,451 || 101,118 || 220,415 || 413,030 || 479,454 || 524,222 || 572,609
|-
| [[Yenimahalle]] || 122,166 || 175,528 || 246,154 || 330,908 || 382,205 || 351,436 || 507,242 || 614,778 || 687,042 || 659,603 || 704,652
|-
! Total || 1,644,302 || 2,041,658 || 2,585,293 || 2,854,689 || 3,306,327 || 3,236,626 || 3,693,390 || 4,466,756 || 4,965,542 || 5,445,026 || 5,782,285
|}
{{small|{{note|population|a}}The population of the city center was not included after 1980, due to the fact that Ankara received the metropolitan status.}}

=== Climate ===	
The climate is hot and dry in summer, rainy in spring and autumn, cold and snowy in winter, wetter in the north of the province than the drier plains to the south. The annual precipitation in the city of Ankara located the center of the province is {{cvt|415|mm|in}},<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.mgm.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=ANKARA | title = Ankara| access-date = 8 January 2016 | publisher = [[Turkish State Meteorological Service]]| language = tr}}</ref> the annual precipitation of [[Kızılcahamam]] located in the north of the province is {{cvt|592|mm|in}}, and the annual precipitation of [[Şereflikoçhisar]] located in the southeast of the province is {{cvt|357|mm|in}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Kizilcahamam-Turkey |url= http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=171283&cityname=Kizilcahamam-Turkey | publisher= Weatherbase |access-date=14 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sereflikochisar.gov.tr/cografiyapi.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022194626/http://sereflikochisar.gov.tr/cografiyapi.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2007 |title=Coğrafi Yapı |publisher=Sereflikochisar.gov.tr |access-date=10 October 2014 }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations
|1927|404,720
|1940|602,965
|1950|819,693
|1960|1,321,380
|1970|2,041,658
|1980|2,854,689
|1990|3,236,626
|2000|4,007,860
|2010|4,771,716 
|2020|5,663,322
|2022|5,782,285
|align=none
|percentages=pagr
|footnote=Sources:<ref>[https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/nufusmenuapp/menu.zul Genel Nüfus Sayımları]</ref><ref>[https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/yordambt/yordam.php tuik]</ref><ref name="TUIK2020">{{cite web| url=https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Adrese-Dayali-Nufus-Kayit-Sistemi-Sonuclari-2020-37210 |title=The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2020 |publisher=Turkish Statistical Institute |access-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028044112/https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Bulten/Index?p=Adrese-Dayali-Nufus-Kayit-Sistemi-Sonuclari-2020-37210 |archive-date=2021-10-28 }}</ref><ref name="tuik"/>
}}

== Places of interest ==
* The [[Mount Sarıçal National Park]] ({{langx|tr|Sarıçalı Dağı Milli Parkı}}) is located next to [[Çulhalar, Nallıhan|Çulhalar]] village in the northeast, {{cvt|25|km}} northwest of [[Nallıhan]] and {{cvt|185|km}} northwest of [[Ankara]].<ref name="tob9bm"/>
* One of the most beautiful lakes of Ankara is Karagöl in Çubuk.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Turkey}}
* [[Ankara Eyalet]]
* [[Ankara Vilayet]]

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="tob9bm">{{cite web |url=https://bolge9.tarimorman.gov.tr/Haber/243/Saricali-Dagi-Milli-Park-Olarak-Ilan-Edildi |publisher=Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı 9. Bölge Müdürlüğü |title=Sarıçalı Dağı Milli Park Olarak İlan Edildi |date=28 October 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=10 April 2024 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410114850/https://bolge9.tarimorman.gov.tr/Haber/243/Saricali-Dagi-Milli-Park-Olarak-Ilan-Edildi |archive-date = 10 April 2024}}</ref>
</references>


== External links ==
{{Commons category|Ankara Province}}
* [http://www.realitytravelguide.com/europe/turkey/Ankara/ Ankara travel information]

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