Mamak, Ankara Explained

Type:	metro district
Mamak
Coordinates:	39.9422°N 32.9231°W
Province:	Ankara
Leader Party:	CHP
Leader Name:	Veli Gündüz Şahin
Area Total Km2:	321
Elevation M:	950
Population Total:	687535
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	06260
Area Code:	0312

Mamak is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey.^[1] Its area is 321 km²,^[2] and its population is 687,535 (2022). It is part of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is 9500NaN0.

Important public buildings include an infamous military prison which has been the subject of legend; the military electronic surveillance centre; and Ankara's largest rubbish dump.

Composition

There are 64 neighbourhoods in Mamak District:^[3]

Abidinpaşa
Akdere
Akşemsettin
Altıağaç
Altınevler
Araplar
Aşık Veysel
Bahçeleriçi
Bahçelerüstü
Balkiraz
Başak
Bayındır
Boğaziçi
Bostancık
Büyükkayaş
Çağlayan
Cengizhan
Çiğiltepe
Demirlibahçe
Derbent
Diriliş
Dostlar
Durali Alıç
Dutluk
Ege
Ekin
Fahri Korutürk
General Zeki Doğan
Gökçeyurt
Gülveren
Harman
Hürel
Hüseyingazi
Karaağaç
Karşıyaka
Kartaltepe
Kazım Orbay
Kıbrısköy
Kızılca
Köstence
Küçük Kayaş
Kusunlar
Kutlu
Kutludüğün
Lalahan
Mehtap
Misket
Mutlu
Ortaköy
Peyami Safa
Şafaktepe
Şahap Gürler
Şahintepe
Saimekadın
Şehit Cengiz Topel
Şirintepe
Tepecik
Türközü
Tuzluçayır
Üreğil
Yeni Bayındır
Yeşilbayır
Yukarı Imrohor
Zirvekent

Notable people

Kübra Öztürk (born 1991), Woman Grandmaster of chess
Mustafa Yılmaz (born 1992), Grandmaster of chess

External links

District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Web site: General information on Mamak, Ankara. Kenthaber.com. Turkish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719052438/http://www.kenthaber.com/IlceDetay.aspx?ID=84. 2011-07-19.

Notes and References

https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 22 May 2023.
https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle