Melikgazi
Melikgazi | |
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District and municipality | |
 Aerial view of Melikgazi | |
 Map showing Melikgazi District in Kayseri Province | |
  Melikgazi Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°43′N 35°30′E / 38.717°N 35.500°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kayseri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mustafa Palancıoğlu (AKP) |
| Area | 668 km2 (258 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 594,344 |
| • Density | 890/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0352 |
| Website | www |
Melikgazi is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 668 km2,[3] and its population is 594,344 (2022).[1] It covers the southern and eastern part of the agglomeration of Kayseri and the adjacent countryside.
Political structure
[edit]The district Melikgazi was created in 1998 from part of the former central district of Kayseri, along with the district Kocasinan.[4][5] At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.[6] The mayor is Mustafa Palancıoğlu (AKP).
Composition
[edit]There are 57 neighbourhoods in Melikgazi District:[7]
- 19 Mayıs
- 30 Ağustos
- Ağırnas
- Alpaslan
- Altınoluk
- Anafartalar
- Anbar
- Aydınlıkevler
- Bağpınar
- Bahçelievler
- Battalgazi
- Becen
- Büyük Bürüngüz
- Cumhuriyet
- Danişmentgazi
- Demokrasi
- Eğribucak
- Erenköy
- Esentepe
- Esenyurt
- Fatih
- Germir
- Gesi Fatih
- Gökkent
- Gültepe
- Gülük
- Gürpınar
- Güzelköy
- Hisarcık
- Hunat
- Hürriyet
- İldem Cumhuriyet
- Kayabağ
- Kazımkarabekir
- Keykubat
- Kılıçaslan
- Kıranardı
- Kocatepe
- Köşk
- Küçükbürüngüz
- Mimarsinan
- Osman Kavuncu
- Osmanlı
- Sakarya
- Sarımsaklı
- Selçuklu
- Selimiye
- Şirintepe
- Subaşı
- Tacettin Veli
- Tavlusun
- Tınaztepe
- Turan
- Vekse
- Yeniköy
- Yeşilyurt
- Yıldırım Beyazıt
Notable citizens
[edit]- Mimar Sinan, Ottoman architect (born around 1488 in Ağırnas )
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Kanun No. 3508, Resmî Gazete, 14 December 1998.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 51. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Melikgazi in Kayseri Province of Turkey |
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