Menteşe is a municipality and district of Muğla Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,659 km2,[3] and its population is 120,627 (2022).[1] It covers the city of Muğla and the surrounding countryside.
Menteşe | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing Menteşe District in Muğla Province | |
  Menteşe Location in Turkey  Menteşe Menteşe (Turkey Aegean) | |
| Coordinates: 37°13′5″N 28°21′54″E / 37.21806°N 28.36500°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Muğla |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gonca Köksal (CHP) |
| Area | 1,659 km2 (641 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 120,627 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0252 |
| Website | www |
The district and municipality Menteşe was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation from the former central district of Muğla.[4][5] Menteşe was the name of a 14th-century beylik in and around Muğla Province.
Composition
editThere are 65 neighbourhoods in Menteşe District:[6]
- Akçaova
- Akkaya
- Akyer
- Algı
- Avcılar
- Balıbey
- Bayır
- Bozyer
- Çakmak
- Camikebir
- Çamoluk
- Çatakbağyaka
- Çaybükü
- Çiftlikköy
- Çırpı
- Dağdibi
- Dağpınar
- Denizova
- Derinkuyu
- Doğan
- Dokuzçam
- Düğerek
- Emirbeyazıt
- Esençay
- Fadıl
- Gazeller
- Göktepe
- Gülağzı
- Günlüce
- Hacırüstem
- İkizce
- Kafaca
- Karacaören
- Karamehmet
- Karşıyaka
- Kiramettin
- Kıran
- Kötekli
- Kozağaç
- Kuyucak
- Kuzluk
- Meke
- Muratlar
- Muslihittin
- Müştakbey
- Orhaniye
- Orta
- Ortaköy
- Özlüce
- Paşapınar
- Salihpaşalar
- Sarnıçköy
- Şenyayla
- Şeyh
- Sungur
- Taşlı
- Yaraş
- Yemişendere
- Yenibağyaka
- Yenice
- Yeniköy
- Yerkesik
- Yeşilyurt
- Yürükoğlu
- Zeytin
Education
editThere are 10 kindergartens, 32 primary schools, 23 secondary schools, 16 high schools, one public education center, two vocational training centers, one counseling and research center, and one science and art center affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in the district.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 64. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Schools and Other Institutions". Retrieved 2 May 2024.