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Also known as Polatli

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.

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

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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

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