Melikgazi

Melikgazi, in Byzantine times known as Tzamandos, is a metropolitan district of Kayseri in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey.

For the Danishmend ruler also known as Melikgazi, see Gazi Gümüshtigin.
Melikgazi
Aerial view of Melikgazi
Aerial view of Melikgazi
Melikgazi is located in Turkey
Melikgazi
Melikgazi
Coordinates: 38°43′N 36°13′E
Country Turkey
ProvinceKayseri
Government
 • MayorMustafa Palancıoğlu (AKP)
 • KaymakamBülent Karacan
Area
[1]
 • District163 km2 (63 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
505,924
 • District
509,309
 • District density3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Websitewww.melikgazi.bel.tr/ www.melikgazi.gov.tr/

History

In 1065, the town was given among other lands in the region to the Armenian king Gagik II as exchange for him renouncing the kingdom of Armenia.[3]

Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan was born in Melikgazi, in the town of Ağırnas around 1488.

Political structure

Along with the neighboring Kocasinan district, it was historically the core of Kayseri city, until additional districts were joined into the metropolitan area in 2004. The mayor is Mustafa Palancıoğlu (AKP). Melikgazi itself counts eight depending municipalities, some of which retain their semi-rural character, administrative boundaries of Kayseri's metropolitan area sometimes extending faster than the city itself. Melikgazi also has nine depending villages.

See also
  • Kayseri - for more detailed information on Kayseri's entire metropolitan area

References
  1. "İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri" [Provincial and District surface area] (PDF) (in Turkish). Harita Genel Komutanlığı. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. See Vryonis, Speros (1971), The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the eleventh through the Fifteenth Century. Los Angeles pp. 54-55.
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