Keçiören is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a crowded district in the northern part of the city of Ankara. According to 2010 census, population of the district center is 817,262 The district covers an area of 190 km , and the average elevation is 850 m . The Çubuk River runs through the middle of the district. The name Keçiören comes from Keçi and Ören . Ankara is famous with its goat which is used as a source of Angora clothings such as angora sweatshirts. Place was used for stock breeding... long before it becomes a suburban area. Until the 1950s this was a green and pleasant area outside the city, but in recent years has become a large district of housing for Ankara's working class. The Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan has his Ankara residence within the district. The area is also a well known location for far right nationalists. To many Turkish people the name Keçiören evokes a popular children's TV outdoor game show of the 1980s, which was recorded in the district.
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| Country: | Turkey |
| Population: | 672,817 |
| Area: | 76.8 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Eastern European Time |
| Also known as: | Kecioren |