Merkezefendi
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.
Merkezefendi | |
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İlçe (district) | |
  Merkezefendi Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Denizli Province |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Urban | 262,825[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 20000 |
| Area code(s) | 0258 |
| Licence plate | 20 |
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
- Merkez Efendi
References
Merkezefendi in Denizli Province of Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Districts |   Districts of Denizli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Metropolitan municipalities are bolded. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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