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Also known as Kazan, Ankara, Kazan district

Kahramankazan (before 2016: Kazan) is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 547 km2, and its population is 59,123 (2022). It lies in the plain of Akıncı to the north west of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is .

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Kahramankazan
Turkey place.image_skyline
Kazan (4).jpg
Turkey place.image_map
Ankara location Kazan.svg
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Kahramankazan District in Ankara Province
Turkey place.province
Ankara
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP
Turkey place.leader_name
Selim Çırpanoğlu
Turkey place.area_total_km2
547
Turkey place.elevation_m
892
Turkey place.population_total
59123
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.postal_code
06980
Turkey place.area_code
0312
Turkey place.image_logo
Kahramankazan Belediyesi logo.svg

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Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Ankara Province
Continent
Asia
Official language
Turkish
Population
53522
Area
547
Elevation
886
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
kahramankazan.gov.tr
Image
Kazan (4).jpg
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Commons category
Kahramankazan
name in kana
カザン
inception
1987-07-04
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • History
  • Kahramankazan today
  • 2024 terrorist attack
  • Composition
  • References
  • External links

Kahramankazan (before 2016: Kazan) is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 547 km2, and its population is 59,123 (2022). It lies in the plain of Akıncı to the north west of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is .

==History== Archaeological research reveals the plain has a long past, going back to prehistoric times, and findings during the excavation of the Bitik Höyük mound date back to the copper age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kahramankazan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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