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Gölbaşı, Ankara

Field	Value
type	metro district
name	Gölbaşı
image_skyline	Mogan golu parki.jpeg
image_caption	Lake Mogan Park
image_map	Ankara location Gölbaşı.svg
map_caption	Map showing Gölbaşı District in Ankara Province
coordinates
province	Ankara
leader_party	CHP
leader_name	Yakup Odabaşı
area_total_km2	1364
elevation_m	970
population_footnotes
population_total	150047
population_as_of	2022
area_code	0312
website
image_logo	Ankara Gölbaşı Belediyesi logo.svg

Gölbaşı is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,364 km2, and its population is 150,047 (2022). It is 20 km south of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is 970 m. The district includes the Mogan and Eymir lakes.

Although the lakes are polluted and infested with mosquitoes, the picnic areas and lakeside restaurants of Gölbaşı serve as a popular retreat from the city for the people of Ankara. A number of government departments have accommodations here, and the town is slowly but surely joining up with the city as the green space between the two disappears. Türk Telekom have their satellite ground control in the area.

History

Archaeological research in the area has revealed since 3000 BC a succession of civilısations including Hittites, Phrygians, Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. Excavated sites include Selametli, Tuluntaş, Tuluntaş-Ortaçayır, Kızılcaşar-Gökçepınar, Karagedik, Bacılar, Bezirhane Kültepe, Bezirhane-Kepenekçi and İncek-Harmantepe.

The area has long been occupied by Turks, and it was here that Timur hid his elephants in the woods before the Battle of Ankara.

Places of interest

Tulumtaş caves - 15 km from Ankara, 5 km of limestone cave with stalagmites and stalactites
Gölbaşı Ground Station, satellite telecommunication center of Türksat,
Turkish Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test Center () operated by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI),
Gölbaşı International Billiards Complex with the seay of the Turkish Billiards Federation.

Demographics

|1985|31671 |2000|62602 |2007|73670 |2012|110643 |2017|130363 |2022|150047 The population of Gölbaşı city is growing very fast. The main reasons are: a high natural growth rate, migration from rural areas (rural exodus) and immigration from the city of Ankara.

Composition

There are 54 neighbourhoods in Gölbaşı District:

Ahiboz
Akörençarşak
Altunçanak
Bağiçi
Bahçelievler
Ballıkpınar
Bezirhane
Boyalık
Çayırlı
Çeltek
Çimşit
Dikilitaş
Emirler
Eymir
Gaziosmanpaşa
Gökçehüyük
Gölbek
Günalan
Hacıhasan
Hacılar
Hacımuratlı
Halaçlı
İkizce
İncek
Karaali Merkez
Karaali Yazlık
Karacaören
Karagedik Aydın
Karagedik Ercan
Karaoğlan
Karşıyaka
Kırıklı
Kızılcaşar
Koparan
Mahmatlı
Mahmatlıbahçe
Oğulbey
Örencik
Oyaca Akarsu
Oyaca Yeşilçam
Şafak
Seğmenler
Selametli Şehit Emrah
Soğulcak
Subaşı
Taşpınar
Tepeyurt
Topaklı
Tulumtaş
Velihimmetli
Yağlıpınar
Yavrucuk
Yaylabağ
Yurtbeyi

References

[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping.
Turkish Statistical Institute
"Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts". [[Turkish Statistical Institute.
[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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