Kızılcahamam is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 1,623 km2, and its population is 26,872 (2022). It is 70 km north of the city of Ankara, near the motorway to Istanbul. Its elevation is 975 m. The area is mountain and forest, a geographical boundary between central Anatolia and the Black Sea regions.
Kızılcahamam itself is a quiet market town known for its healing hot springs and mineral waters. Nearby Soğuksu National Park contains a scout camp and trails, and areas for picnicking in the forest. There are hotels and guest houses including spa hotels. A sculpture of black vulture, an endangered bird species inhabited in the national park, is situated at the entrance of the town.
Climate The climate in Kızılcahamam can be classified as a Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csb) or a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb).
Composition There are 109 neighbourhoods in Kızılcahamam District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Akçakese Akçaören Akçay Akdoğan Aksak Alibey Alpagut Aşağıada Aşağıçanlı Aşağıhüyük Ayvacık Bademli Bağlıca Bağören Balcılar Başağaç Başören Bayır Belpınar Berçinçatak Berçinyayalar Beşkonak Bezcikuzören Binkoz Bulak Çavuşlar Çeltikçi Çeştepe Ciğirler Çırpan Çukurca Çukurören Değirmenönü Demirciören Dereneci Doğanözü Doymuşören Eğerlialören Eğerlibaşköy Eğerlidere Eğerlikozören Esenler Gebeler Gökbel Gölköy Gümele Güneysaray Güvem Hıdırlar İğdir İğmir İnceğiz İsmetpaşa İyceler Kalemler Karaağaç Karacaören Karşıyaka Kasımlar Kavaközü Kemalpaşa Kınık Kırkırca Kırköy Kışlak Kızık Kızılcaköy Kızılcaören Kocalar Kurumcu Kuşcuören Mahkemeağcin Oğlakcı Olucak Örencik Ortaköy Otacı Pazar Pazar Başören Pazar Kınık Şahinler Salın Saray Saraycık Sazak Semeler Semer Süleler Tahtalar Taşlıca Turnalı Üçbaş Uğurlu Üyücek Yağcıhüseyin Yakakaya Yanık Özbekler Yenice Yeşilköy Yıldırımçatak Yıldırımdemirciler Yıldırımhacılar Yıldırımören Yıldırımyağlıca Yukarıada Yukarıçanlı Yukarıhüyük Yukarıkaraören Yukarıkese
Fossil flora Kızılcahamam is also known for its fossil flora which stems from at least six Pliocene deposits in Güvem and Beşkonak villages, 22 kilometres (14 miles) north of Kızılcahamam: Fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district.
References
External links
District governor's official website Map of Kızılcahamam District municipality's official website
Twin Towns/Sister Cities Gönyeli, Northern Cyprus