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Çankaya

City population
792,189
#13
in Turkey
#2
in Ankara
#699
worldwide
AnkaraÇankaya
39.918, 32.863 · 1 km from Ankara
Share of Turkey
0.9%
Of the national population
Elevation
850 m
Surveyed
Distance to capital
To Ankara
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
IANA zone identifier

About Çankaya

At 850 m elevation, Çankaya holds a population of 792,189 and ranks second among the 12 cities of Ankara province. It sits 1 km from Ankara, the national capital, which has a population of 3,517,182. Gölbaşı, the next-nearest listed city, lies 15 km away with 165,201 residents.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Turkey
#13of 416
LargestSmallest
Position in Ankara
#2of 12
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 12
Coordinates
39.918, 32.863
Record updated
11 May 2025
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.

Nearby Cities

All 416 in Turkey

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Çankaya compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Çankaya792K

Çankaya Population FAQ

What is the population of Çankaya?

Çankaya has a city population of 792,189. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Çankaya?

Çankaya is in Ankara, Turkey, 1 km from the capital, Ankara. Its coordinates are 39.918, 32.863.

How big is Çankaya compared with other cities in Turkey?

It is the 13th largest of the 416 cities listed in Turkey, holding 0.9% of the national population.

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