Şereflikoçhisar

Şereflikoçhisar, formerly known as Koçhisar, is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,155 km2, and its population is 33,140 (2022). It is 148 km south of the city of Ankara. Its average elevation ranges between 900 and 1,200 m, with the highest point being Mt. Karasenir at 1,650 m.

The area is a flat dry plain, the only water being Hirfanlı reservoir and the salt lake Lake Tuz. The countryside is inhospitable, with minerals extracted from the salt lake being a major source of income. Therefore, the rural population is migrating to nearby towns or abroad.

Name
The name derives from the Seljuk Turkish castle of Koçhisar. The prefix Şerefli meaning "honourable" was added by Atatürk in recognition of the men of the town lost at the battle of Gallipoli.

History
Şereflikoçhisar is believed to have been inhabited since the time of the Hittites and was a thriving town in the Seljuk and Ottoman Empire periods.

Composition
There are 64 neighbourhoods in Şereflikoçhisar District:


 * Acıkuyu
 * Acıöz
 * Akarca
 * Akin
 * Akseki
 * Aktaş
 * Aliuşağı
 * Bağobası
 * Baltalı
 * Boğaziçi
 * Büyükdamlacık
 * Büyükkışla
 * Çalören
 * Çatçat
 * Çavuşköy
 * Çayırönü
 * Cıngıl
 * Cumhuriyet
 * Deliller
 * Devekovan
 * Doğankaya
 * Ekici
 * Eley
 * Emek
 * Fadıllı
 * Geçitli
 * Gülhüyük
 * Hacıbektaşlı
 * Hacıenbiya
 * Hamzalı
 * Haydarlı
 * Hürriyet
 * İstiklal
 * Kacarlı
 * Kadıncık
 * Kadıobası
 * Kale
 * Karabük
 * Karamollauşağı
 * Karandere
 * Küçükdamlacık
 * Mehmet Akif Ersoy
 * Mustafacık
 * Musular
 * Odunboğazı
 * Palazobası
 * Parlasan
 * Sadıklı
 * Sanayi
 * Şanlıkışla
 * Sarıkaya
 * Şekerköy
 * Şereflidavutlu
 * Şeyh Kuyusu
 * Şeyhli
 * Seymenli
 * Tuzla
 * Üzengilik
 * Yalnızpınar
 * Yazısöğüt
 * Yeni
 * Yeşilova
 * Yeşilyurt
 * Yusufkuyusu