Kocasinan is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Kayseri Province
The Kayseri Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in central Turkey. Its area is 16,970 km2, and its population is 1,441,523 (2022). It borders with Sivas, Adana, Niğde, Kahramanmaraş, Yozgat and Nevşehir provinces.
T ...
, Turkey. Its area is 1,471 km
2, and its population is 409,005 (2022).
It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of
Kayseri
Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...
and the adjacent countryside.
The name comes from
Mimar Sinan
Mimar Sinan (; , ; – 17 July 1588) also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ, ("Sinan Agha (title), Agha the Grand Architect" or "Grand Sinan") was the chief Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architect, engineer and mathematician for sultans Suleiman ...
, the Great,
Ottoman architect. The mayor is Ahmet Çolakbayrakdar (
AKP). The district Kocasinan was created in 1998 from part of the former central district of Kayseri, along with the district
Melikgazi
Melikgazi is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 668 km2, and its population is 594,344 (2022). It covers the southern and eastern part of the agglomeration of Kayseri and the adjacent cou ...
. At the
2013 Turkish local government reorganisation Municipalities () are the basic units of local government in Turkey. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the population of Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asi ...
, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.
Composition
There are 93
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Kocasinan District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Ahievren
* Akçatepe
* Akin
* Alsancak
* Amarat
* Argıncık
* Barbaros
* Barsama
* Bayramhacı
* Beyazşehir
* Beydeğirmeni
* Boğazköprü
* Boyacı
* Boztepe
* Buğdaylı
* Camiikebir
* Çevril
* Cırgalan
* Dadağı
* Doruklu
* Düver
* Ebiç
* Elagöz
* Elmalı
* Emmiler
* Erciyesevler
* Erkilet
* Ertuğrul Gazi
* Eskiömerler
* Eyim
* Fevziçakmak
* Fevzioğlu
* Generalemir
* Gevhernesibe
* Gömeç
* Güneşli
* Hacısaki
* Hasanarpa
* Hasancı
* Himmetdede
* Hırka
* Höbek
* Hoca Ahmet Yesevi
* Kalkancık
* Karahüyük
* Karakimse
* Kaş
* Kayabaşı
* Kemer
* Kızık
* Kocasinan
* Kuşcağız
* Kuşcu
* Mahzemin
* Mevlana
* Mimarsinan
* Mithatpaşa
* Mollahacı
* Molu
* Obruk
* Oruçreis
* Osmangazi
* Oymaağaç
* Sahabiye
* Salur
* Sanayi
* Sancaktepe
* Saraybosna
* Saraycık
* Şeker
* Seyrani
* Sümer
* Talatpaşa
* Taşhan
* Turgutreis
* Uğurevler
* Vatan
* Yakut
* Yavuz
* Yavuzselim
* Yazır
* Yemliha
* Yenidoğan
* Yenimahale
* Yenişehir
* Yeşil
* Yıldızevler
* Yukarıhasinli
* Yunusemre
* Yüreğil
* Yuvalı
* Ziyagökalp
* Zümrüt
References
Populated places in Kayseri Province
Districts of Kayseri Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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