Polatlı district
Sign in to savePolatlı (formerly Ancient Greek: Γόρδιον, Górdion and Latin: Gordium) is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,618 km2, and its population is 128,378 (2022). It is 80 km west of the Turkish capital Ankara, on the road to Eskişehir. Its elevation is 853 m.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Polatlı
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Polatlı Çarşı Cami (cropped).jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Polatlı Çarşı Mosque
- Turkey place.image_map
- Ankara location Polatlı.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Polatlı District in Ankara Province
- Turkey place.province
- Ankara
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Mürsel Yıldızkaya
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 3618
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 853
- Turkey place.population_total
- 128378
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 06900
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0312
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Ancient settlement
- Classical antiquity
- Hacıtuğrul mound
- Composition
- Polatlı today
- Longwave transmitter
- References
- External links
Polatlı (formerly Ancient Greek: Γόρδιον, Górdion and Latin: Gordium) is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,618 km2, and its population is 128,378 (2022). It is 80 km west of the Turkish capital Ankara, on the road to Eskişehir. Its elevation is 853 m.
==Geography== Polatlı is situated at the heart of the high Anatolian Plateau, a large steppe covered with grass. Far from the coast, it has a typical steppe climate. The winters are cold and generally snowy, the summers are hot and dry. Spring and autumn are the wettest seasons (especially the former). Polatlı is one of the most productive agricultural districts in Turkey and is best known for its cereal production, especially barley and wheat. Polatlı is one of Turkey's largest grain stores. Sugar beet, melon and onion are also grown.