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 | |
|---|---|
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".