Bala (also: Balâ) is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 1,851 km2, and its population is 20,521 (2022). It is 67 km south-east of the city centre of Ankara. Its elevation is .
Bala stands on a high plain, summers are hot, winters are cold and snowy. The town of Bala is small but busy with shops and light manufacturing workshops, the surrounding countryside is used for farming, especially grains and sunflower seeds. Recently Ankara's wealthier citizens have begun building luxury housing in some villages of Bala. However the town stands on a fault line and experiences many earthquakes.
Places of interest The forest of Beynam and the Kesikköprü reservoir are two of Ankara's most popular picnic spots.
Composition There are 55 neighbourhoods in Bala District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Abazlı Afşar Ahmetçayırı Akkoyunlu Aşağıhacıbekir Aşıkoğlu Aydoğan Bahçekaradalak Bektaşlı Belçarşak Beynam Büyükbayat Büyükbıyık Büyükboyalık Büyükcamili Çatalçeşme Çatalören Çiğdemli Davdanlı Derekışla Eğribasan Erdemli Ergin Göztepe Gülbağı Hamidiye Hanburun İsmetpaşa Karahamzalı Kartaltepe Kerişli Kesikköprü Kızılırmak Koçyayla Köseli Küçükbayat Küçükbıyık Küçükboyalık Küçükcamili Sarıhüyük Şehriban Şentepe Sırapınar Sofular Suyugüzel Tatarhüyük Tepeköy Tolköy Üçem Yaylalıözü Yeniköy Yeniyapançarşak Yeniyapanşeyhli Yöreli Yukarıhacıbekir
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External links
District governor's official website District municipality's official website