Merkezefendi

Merkezefendi
İlçe (district)
Merkezefendi

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E / 37.783°N 29.100°E / 37.783; 29.100Coordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E / 37.783°N 29.100°E / 37.783; 29.100
Country  Turkey
Province Denizli Province
Elevation 530 m (1,740 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Urban 262,825[1]
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 20000
Area code(s) 0258
Licence plate 20

Merkezefendi is a new intracity district and second level municipality in Denizli Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also created new districts within the capital city which have second level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality. [2] Merkezefendi is one of them.

Thus after 2014 a part of Denizli central district was named Merkezefendi and the name Denizli was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (Merkez Efendi was the name of a 16th-century Sufi )

Rural area

There were two towns and six villages in the rural area of Merkezefendi. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Merkezefendi".

See also

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Institute
  2. ↑ Official gazette (Turkish)
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