Bala, Ankara

District and municipality in Ankara, Turkey

39°33′14″N 33°07′16″E / 39.55389°N 33.12111°E / 39.55389; 33.12111CountryTurkeyProvinceAnkaraGovernment

• MayorAhmet Buran (AKP)Area

1,851 km² (715 sq mi)Elevation

1,310 m (4,300 ft)Population

(2022)^[1]

20,521 • Density11/km² (29/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Postal code

06720

Area code0312Websitewww.bala.bel.tr

Bala (also: Balâ), formerly known as Balbadon, is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 1,851 km²,^[3] and its population is 20,521 (2022).^[1] It is 67 km south-east of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is 1,310 m (4,298 ft).

Bala stands on a high plain, summers are hot, winters are cold and snowy. The town of Bala is small but busy with shops and light manufacturing workshops, the surrounding countryside is used for farming, especially grains and sunflower seeds. Recently Ankara's wealthier citizens have begun building luxury housing in some villages of Bala. However the town stands on a fault line and experiences many earthquakes.

Places of interest

The forest of Beynam and the Kesikköprü reservoir are two of Ankara's most popular picnic spots.

Composition

There are 55 neighbourhoods in Bala District:^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Balâ.

District governor's official website (in Turkish)
District municipality's official website (in Turkish)
Kenthaber.com. "General information on Bala district of Ankara" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2007-12-25.

Bala, Ankara in Ankara Province of Turkey

Districts

List of provinces by region
Istanbul	Istanbul
West Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak
East Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova
West Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya
Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye
Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat
West Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak
East Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon
Northeast Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars
Central East Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elazığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van
Southeast Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

v t e Neighbourhoods of Bala District
Abazlı Afşar Ahmetçayırı Akkoyunlu Aşağıhacıbekir Aşıkoğlu Aydoğan Bahçekaradalak Bektaşlı Belçarşak Beynam Büyükbayat Büyükbıyık Büyükboyalık Büyükcamili Çatalçeşme Çatalören Çiğdemli Davdanlı Derekışla Eğribasan Erdemli Ergin Göztepe Gülbağı Hamidiye Hanburun İsmetpaşa Karahamzalı Kartaltepe Kerişli Kesikköprü Kızılırmak Koçyayla Köseli Küçükbayat Küçükbıyık Küçükboyalık Küçükcamili Sarıhüyük Şehriban Şentepe Sırapınar Sofular Suyugüzel Tatarhüyük Tepeköy Tolköy Üçem Yaylalıözü Yeniköy Yeniyapançarşak Yeniyapanşeyhli Yöreli Yukarıhacıbekir

Neighbourhoods of Bala District