Nallıhan
Nallıhan is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,079 km 2, and its population 26,553 (2022). It is 157 km from the city of Ankara.
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Overview
Overview
Its elevation is 625 m. One of many towns that claim to be the burial place of Taptuk Emre, who lived in the 12-13th century, and was the teacher of the popular folk poet and dervish Yunus Emre. Nallıhan Davutoğlan Bird Paradise attracts local and foreign tourists.
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — metro district • Name — Nallıhan • Province — Ankara • Leader Party — CHP • Leader Name — Ertunç Güngör • Area Total Km2 — 2079 • Elevation M — 625 • Population Total — 26553 • Population As Of — 2022 • Postal Code — 06920 • Area Code — 0312 • Website — http: www.nallihan.bel.tr/
Name
Name
Nallıhan is named after a caravanserai on the ancient Silk Road to the Orient next to the river Nallı. There has been a settlement here for thousands of years.
Today
Today
Silk farming, a tradition for centuries in Nallıhan, continues in many homes. Today, the town is known for its silk needlework, and local cuisine including stuffed vine-leaves, pilav, pumpkin dessert, gozleme (flat bread with cheese and potatoes filling), and many other types of more fine pastries such as baklava with locally grown walnut. The countryside is used for growing rice, wheat, barley, grapes, apples, tomatoes, and lavender. Almost everything grows in the fertile soils of Nalliah such as figs, olives, mulberry, pears, apple, persimmons, quince, hazelnut, pecans, squashes, beans, and melons. Visitors can walk through the idyllic Ottoman villages (e.g. Akdere) and have local cuisine in the Ottoman-era Caravan Palace.
Climate
Climate
Nallıhan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk), with hot, dry summers, and chilly, damp, occasionally snowy winters.
Places of interest
Places of interest
• Juliopolis - archaeological site from the Roman and Byzantine eras. • Nallıhan Kuş Cenneti - Sarıyar reservoir is teeming with bird-life. It is a natural habitat for several endangered bird species in Turkey. • Kocahan - Ottoman vizier Nasuh Pasha stopped by this place in 1599 and made it built. It is in a rectangular shape and has cafes and shops in its 46 rooms. • Ilıca/Uyuzsuyu waterfall - The waterfall that reside in the road to Göynük, is the only waterfall within the boundaries of Turkey's capital, Ankara. It got its name "Uyuzsuyu" because there of a belief that its water cures skin diseases. • The Mount Sarıçalı National Park (Sarıçalı Dağı Milli Parkı) is located next to Çulhalar village in the northeast and northwest of Nallıhan.
Composition
• Illustration — Nallıhan district center • Illustration — Nallıhan Bird Paradise There are 84 neighbourhoods in Nallıhan District: • 100.Yıl • Akdere • Aksu • Alanköy • Aliağa • Aliefe • Alpağut • Arkutça • Aşağıbağdere • Aşağıbağlıca • Aşağıkavacık • Atatürk • Atça • Aydoğmuş • Belenalan • Belenören • Beyalan • Beycik • Beydili • Bozyaka • Çalıcaalan • Çamalan • Çayırhan • Cendere • Çiller • Çive • Çulhalar • Danişment • Davutoğlan • Demirköy • Dereköy • Doğandere • Döğmeci • Eğri • Emremsultan • Epçeler • Ericek • Eymir • Fatih • Gökçeöz • Güzelöz • Hacıbey • Hacıhasanlar • Hıdırlar • İslamalan • Kabaca • Kadıköy • Karacasu • Karahisar • Karahisargölcük • Karahisarkozlu • Karaköy • Kavakköy • Kulu • Kuruca • Kuzucular • Meyildere • Meyilhacılar • Nallıdere • Nallıgölcük • Nasuhpaşa • Nebioğlu • Ömerşeyhler • Osmanköy • Öşürler • Ozan • Sarıkaya • Sarıyar • Sobran • Soğukkuyu • Subaşı • Tekirler • Tekke • Tepe • Uluhan • Uluköy • Uzunöz • Yakapınar • Yazı • Yenice • Yeşilyurt • Yukarıbağdere • Yukarıbağlıca • Yukarıkavacık
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Cited by Wikipedia
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- 2.General Directorate of Mapping. İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri.
- 3.TÜİK. Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports.
- 4.Selahattin Sönmez. Photographers flock to Nallıhan Bird Paradise. Hurriyet Daily News. 10 June 2016.
- 5.Nallıhan’ın ipek oyası. Hürriyet. 11 December 2017.
- 6.Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- 7.Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. Nature: Scientific Data.
- 8.Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı. MGM.
- 9.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Nallıhan.
- 10.Nallıhan Kaymakamlığı. Juliopolis.
- 11.(Turkish) Official website of the district, "Historical heritages".
- 12.(Turkish)Official website of the district, "cultural heritages.".
- 13.Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı 9. Bölge Müdürlüğü. Sarıçalı Dağı Milli Park Olarak İlan Edildi. 28 October 2021.
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