Kocasinan | |
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District and
municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°44′N 35°29′E / 38.733°N 35.483°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Kayseri |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ahmet Çolakbayrakdar ( AKP) |
Area | 1,471 km2 (568 sq mi) |
Population (2022)
[1] | 409,005 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Area code | 0352 |
Website |
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Kocasinan is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. [2] Its area is 1,471 km2, [3] and its population is 409,005 (2022). [1] It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Kayseri and the adjacent countryside.
The name comes from Mimar Sinan, 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. [4] [5] At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods. [6]
There are 93 neighbourhoods in Kocasinan District: [7]