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Coordinates: 39°58′19″N 32°48′43″E

Yenimahalle, Ankara
Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the
Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential
Yenimahalle - Ankara
district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2010 District
census, population of the urban center is 648,160.[3] The district
covers an area of 274 km2 (106 sq mi),[4] and the average elevation is
830 m (2,723 ft).

Yenimahalle from AŞTİ

Skyline of Söğütözü business

district, as seen from the Intercity
Bus Terminal (AŞTİ) in Yenimahalle.

The name Yenimahalle means the new quarter and in the late 1940s
the area of open land to the west of the city was allocated for civil
servants and workers housing. This grew with the construction of
the E5 highway through the area and even more when the metro was
built. Today the district mainly consists of large estates of apartment
Location of Ankara within Turkey.
buildings and although the area is being filled up with concrete
buildings there is still green space, tennis courts and other sports
areas. There is some illegal building at the edge of the district but Yenimahalle
Yenimahalle is mainly planned development. This is the home for - Ankara

both of Ankara's teams: Gençlerbirliği and Ankaragücü, although

their shared stadium is in Altındağ.
Location of Ankara within Turkey.
82% of the working population are civil servants or workers in the
Coordinates: 39°58′N 32°49′E
city of Ankara. There is also a large retired community, and a small
but growing number of traders and shopkeepers. Ankara's largest Country Turkey
industrial area, OSTIM Industrial Zone, is on the edge of the district Region Central Anatolia
Province Ankara
too. The rural areas are used mainly for growing grains and pulses.
Government
The headquarters of the national intelligence service Millî İstihbarat • Governor Meftun Dallı
Teşkilâtı is in Yenimahalle. • Mayor Fethi Yaşar (CHP)
Area[1]
• District 274.16 km2
(105.85 sq mi)

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Elevation 830 m (2,720 ft)

Contents
Population (2012)[2]
Demographics • District 687,042
Neighbourhoods • District 2,500/km2
Places of interest density (6,500/sq mi)
Notes Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
References • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
External links Postal code 06xxx
Area code(s) 0312
Licence plate 06
Demographics Website www.yenimahalle.gov.tr
(http://www.yenimahall
Historical population[5] e.gov.tr/)

Year Pop. ±% p.a.

2007 614,778 —
2008 609,887 −0.80%
2009 625,826 +2.61%
2010 648,160 +3.57%
2011 668,586 +3.15%
2012 687,042 +2.76%
2013 591,462 −13.91%
2014 608,217 +2.83%
2015 632,286 +3.96%
2016 644,543 +1.94%

Neighbourhoods
There are 56 neighbourhoods in Yenimahalle as of 2017.[6]

Anadolu Gayret
Aşağıyahyalar Gazi
Ata Güventepe
Avcılar Güzelyaka
Barış Işınlar
Barıştepe İlkyerleşim
Batı Sitesi İnönü
Batıkent İvedikköy
Beştepe Kaletepe
Burç Karacakaya
Çamlıca Kardelen
Çarşı Karşıyaka
Çiğdemtepe Kayalar
Demet Kent Koop.
Demetgül Kuzey Yıldızı
Demetlale Macun
Emniyet Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Ergazi Memlik
Ergenekon Ostim
Esentepe Özevler
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Pamuklar Yakacık
Ragıp Tüzün Yenibatı
Serhat Yeniçağ
Susuz Yeşilevler
Tepe Altı Yirmibeş Mart
Turgut Özal Yukarıyahyalar
Uğur Mumcu Yunusemre
Varlık Yuva

Places of interest
Akköprü, a bridge over the Ankara River, built by the Seljuk Turks in 1222, on the old trade route to Baghdad.
Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo, park and farm, financed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) personally to provide a
place of recreation and agriculture in the city. It contains the Ankara Zoo and a full-size replica of the house in
Salonica (today in Greece), where Atatürk was born.
Ankara 75th Anniversary Race Course, horse racetrack

Notes
1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²" (http://tuikapp.tuik.gov.tr/Bolgesel/menuAction.do?dil=en). Regional Statistics
Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012" (http://rapor.tuik.gov.tr/reports/rwservlet?
adnksdb2&ENVID=adnksdb2Env&report=wa_turkiye_ilce_koy_sehir.RDF&p_il1=6&p_kod=1&p_yil=2012&p_dil=2&d
esformat=html). Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute.
Retrieved 2013-02-27.
3. Statistical Institute (http://report.tuik.gov.tr/reports/rwservlet?adnksdb2=&ENVID=adnksdb2Env&report=idari_yapi_09
sonrasi.RDF&p_il1=6&p_yil=2010&p_dil=2&desformat=html)
4. Statoids. "Statistical information on districts of Turkey" (http://www.statoids.com/ytr.html). Archived (https://www.webcit
ation.org/5q0JNmW6Q?url=http://www.statoids.com/ytr.html) from the original on 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
5. Turkish Statistical Institute
6. Turkish Ministry of the Interior. "Civilian Administrative Units in Turkey" (https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIda
riBolumleri.aspx) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-01-31.

References
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Yenimahalle, Turkey" (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/
68/Yenimahalle.html). Retrieved 2008-04-01.
Governorship of Ankara, Turkey. "General information on Yenimahalle, Ankara" (http://www.ankaraozelidare.gov.tr/file
s/ilceler/yenimahalle/) (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-04-01.

External links
District governor's official website (http://www.yenimahalle.gov.tr/) (in Turkish)
District municipality's official website (http://www.yenimahalle.bel.tr/) (in Turkish)

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