Esenboğa, Çubuk Explained

Type:neighbourhood
Province:Ankara
District:Çubuk
Esenboğa
Population Total:1712
Population As Of:2022
Coordinates:40.1333°N 91°W

Esenboğa, also Esenboğa Merkez, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çubuk, Ankara Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 1,712 (2022).[2] It was an independent municipality until it was merged into the municipality of Çubuk in 2008.[3]

The name of the neighbourhood comes from the village of Esenboğa (the ğ is silent), which literally means "Windflowing Bull" or "Serene Bull", the modernized form of Isen Buqa, the name of a Turkic warlord in the army of Timur who settled his troops here during the Battle of Ankara in 1402.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
  2. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 22 May 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  3. https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2008/03/20080322M1-1.htm Kanun No. 5747
  4. Web site: Murat Bardakçı: Esenboğa, 600 yıllık bir hezîmetin adıdır. Murat. Bardakçi. 31 December 2000 . 11 January 2018.