Altıeylül

Altıeylül
Altıeylül
District and municipality
	Map showing Altıeylül District in Balıkesir Province
	Altıeylül Location in Turkey Altıeylül Altıeylül (Marmara)
	Coordinates: 39°38′43″N 27°53′00″E / 39.6453°N 27.8833°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Balıkesir
Government
• Mayor	Hakan Şehirli (CHP)
Area	956 km2 (369 sq mi)
Elevation	117 m (384 ft)
Population (2022)	183,736
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0266
Website	www.altieylul.bel.tr

Altıeylül is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 956 km²,^[3] and its population is 183,736 (2022).^[1]

The district was established in 2012, when Balıkesir Province was declared a metropolitan municipality as a part of the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation (Law no. 6360). Altıeylül was created out of the former Balıkesir central district, along with Karesi.^[4]^[5] The name Altıeylül means "6 September", which was the date of recovery of Balıkesir during the Turkish War of Independence in 1922.

Composition

There are 94 neighbourhoods in Altıeylül District:^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Kanun No. 6360, Resmî Gazete, 6 December 2012.
^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 14. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.