Ortahisar
Ortahisar is a planned district and second level municipality in Trabzon Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, will be metropolitan municipality and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities will be second-level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts.[1] These changes will be effective by the local elections in 2014. On 30 March 2014, Ahmet Metin Genç (AKP) was elected mayor.
Ortahisar | |
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İlçe (district) | |
![]() ![]() Ortahisar Location in Turkey | |
Coordinates: 41°00′N 39°43′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Trabzon Province |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ahmet Metin Genç (AKP) |
Elevation | 50 m (150 ft) |
Population (2012) | |
• Urban | 243,735 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Postal code | 61000 |
Area code(s) | 0462 |
Licence plate | 61 |
Thus after 2014 the present Trabzon central district will be named Ortahisar and the name Trabzon will be reserved for the metropolitan municipality.
Rural area
There were 9 towns and 38 villages in the rural area of Ortahisar. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Ortahisar".