Ankara

Ankara is the caipital o Turkey an the kintras's seicont maist muckle ceety efter Istanbul. The ceety haes a mean elevation o 938 metre abuin sea level, wi varyin elevations frae 900 metre tae 1,300 metre abuin sea level.Ankara, Turkey: Latitude, Longitude and Altitude At 2008 the ceety haed 4,500,000 fowk. Ankara is the caipital o Ankara Province an aw.

As wi mony auncient cities, Ankara haes gaun bi twa-three name ower the ages. It haes been identified wi the Hittite cult center Ankuwaš, awtho this is a maiter o debate.Gorny, Ronald L. "Zippalanda and Ankuwa: The Geography of Central Anatolia in the Second Millennium B.C." The Journal of the American Oriental Society. Vol. 117 (1997). In classical antiquity an durin the medieval period, the ceety wis kent as Ánkyra (, "anchor") in Greek an Ancyra in Latin; the Galatian Celtic name wis mebbe a seemilar variant. Follaein its annexation bi the Seljuk Turks in 1073, the ceety became kent in mony European leids as Angora, a uisage thit continued until its offeecial renamin tae Ankara unner the Turkish Postal Service Law o 1930.

Locatit in the centre in Anatolie, Ankara is an important commercial an industrial ceety. It is the centre for the Turkish Govrenment, an hooses aw foreign embassies. It is an important crossroads o tred, strategically locatit at the centre o Turkey's heichway an railwey netwirks, an serves as the mercatin centre for the surroondin agricultural area. The ceety wis famous for its lang-haired Angora goat an its prized wool (mohair), a unique breed o cat (Angora cat), white rabbits an thair prized wool (Angora wool), peirs, honey, an the region's muscat grapes.

The historical centre o Ankara is seetuatit on a rocky hill, thit rises 150 m (492 ft) abuin the plain on the left bank o the Ankara Çayı, a tributary o the Sakarya (Sangarius) river. The ceety is fund at 39°52'30" North, 32°52' East (), aboot 351 km (218 mi) tae the sootheast o Istanbul, the kintra's mucklest ceety. Awtho situatit in ane o the driest places in Turkey an surroondit maistly bi steppe vegetation except for the forestit areas on the soothren periphery, Ankara can be considered a green ceety in terms o green areas per inhabitant, that is 72 m2 per heid.

Ankara is a verra auld ceety wi various Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, an Ottoman archaeological sites. The hill thit owerleuks the ceety is crouned bi the ruins o the auld castle, thit adds tae the picturesque view, but anely twa-three historic structur surroondin the auld citadel hae survived tae the present day. Thare are, housomeivver, mony finely preserved remeens o Hellenistic, Roman an Byzantine architectur, the maist remairkable bein the Temple o Augustus an Roum (20 BC) thit is cried the Monumentum Ancyranum an aw.

 Internaitional relations 
 Twin touns — sister cities 
Ankara is twinned wi: o Ankara are leetit belaw:

Africae
  Cairo, Egyp (2004)
  Khartoum, Sudan (1992)
  Mogadishu, Somalie (1959)
Americas
  Havana, Cuba (1993)
  Santiago, Chile (2000)
  Washington, D.C., Unitit States, syne 2011
  La Paz, Bolivie, syne 2009
Asie
  Bangkok, Thailand (2006)
  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (1994)
  Astana, Kazakhstan (2001)
  Beijing, Cheenae(1990)
  Hanoi, Vietnam (1998)
  Islamabad, Pakistan (1982)
  Shiraz, Iran
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysie (1984)
  Kuwait City, Kuwait (1994)
  Manama, Bahrain (2000)
  Seoul, Sooth Korea (1971) Europe
  Bourg-en-Bresse, Fraunce
  Baku, Azerbaijan
  Bucharest, Romanie (1998)
  Kiev, Ukraine (1993)
  Moscow, Roushie (1992)
  Pristina, Kosovo (2005)
  Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae (1994)
  Sofia, Bulgaria (1992)
  Tbilisi, Georgie (1996)
  Tirana, Albanie (1995)

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 References 
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 Freemit airtins 

 Govrenorship o Ankara
 Municipality o Ankara
 Ankara City Guide 
 Esenboğa Internaitional Airport


Category:Caipitals in Asie
Category:Caipitals in Europe
Category:Cities in Turkey