Şereflikoçhisar (), formerly known as Koçhisar, is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 2,155 km2, and its population is 33,140 (2022). It is 148 km south of the city of Ankara. Its average elevation ranges between 900 and 1,200 m, with the highest point being Mt. Karasenir at 1,650 m.
The area is a flat dry plain, the only water source being Hirfanlı reservoir and the salt lake Lake Tuz. The countryside is inhospitable, with minerals extracted from the salt lake being a major source of income. Therefore, the rural population is migrating to nearby towns or abroad.
Demographics
Name The name derives from the Seljuk Turkish castle of Koçhisar. The prefix Şerefli meaning "honourable" was added by Atatürk in recognition of the men of the town lost at the battle of Gallipoli.
History
Şereflikoçhisar is believed to have been inhabited since the time of the Hittites and was a thriving town in the Seljuk and Ottoman Empire periods.
Composition There are 64 neighbourhoods in Şereflikoçhisar District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Acıkuyu Acıöz Akarca Akin Akseki Aktaş Aliuşağı Bağobası Baltalı Boğaziçi Büyükdamlacık Büyükkışla Çalören Çatçat Çavuşköy Çayırönü Cıngıl Cumhuriyet Deliller Devekovan Doğankaya Ekici Eley Emek Fadıllı Geçitli Gülhüyük Hacıbektaşlı Hacıenbiya Hamzalı Haydarlı Hürriyet İstiklal Kacarlı Kadıncık Kadıobası Kale Karabük Karamollauşağı Karandere Küçükdamlacık Mehmet Akif Ersoy Mustafacık Musular Odunboğazı Palazobası Parlasan Sadıklı Sanayi Şanlıkışla Sarıkaya Şekerköy Şereflidavutlu Şeyh Kuyusu Şeyhli Seymenli Tuzla Üzengilik Yalnızpınar Yazısöğüt Yeni Yeşilova Yeşilyurt Yusufkuyusu
References
External links District governor's official website
District municipality's official website