Country Turkey Province Ankara Postal code 06xxx Area 274 km² Area code 0312 | Region Central Anatolia Time zone EET (UTC+2) Licence plate 06 Elevation 830 m | |
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Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2010 census, population of the urban center (with no rural population) is 648,160 The district covers an area of 274 km2 (106 sq mi), and the average elevation is 830 m (2,723 ft).
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The name Yenimahalle means the new quarter and in the late 1940s the area of open land to the west of the city was allocated for civil servants and workers housing. This grew with the construction of the E5 highway through the area and even more when the metro was built. Today the district mainly consists of large estates of apartment buildings and although the area is being filled up with concrete buildings there is still green space, tennis courts and other sports areas. There is some illegal building at the edge of the district but Yenimahalle is mainly planned development. This is the home for both of Ankara's teams: Gençlerbirliği and Ankaragücü, although their shared stadium is in Altındağ.
82% of the working population are civil servants or workers in the city of Ankara. There is also a large retired community, and a small but growing number of traders and shopkeepers. Ankara's largest industrial area, OSTIM Industrial Zone, is on the edge of the district too. The rural areas are used mainly for growing grains and pulses.
The headquarters of the national intelligence service Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı is in Yenimahalle.
Neighbourhoods
There are 55 neighbourhoods in Yenimahalle as of 2017.