Merkezefendi

Merkezefendi is a new intracity district and second level municipality in Denizli Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also created new districts within the capital city which have second level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality.[2] Merkezefendi is one of them.

Merkezefendi
Merkezefendi
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E
Country Turkey
ProvinceDenizli Province
Elevation
530 m (1,740 ft)
Population
 (2013)
  Urban
262,825[1]
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
20000
Area code(s)0258
Licence plate20

Thus after 2014 a part of Denizli central district was named Merkezefendi and the name Denizli was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (Merkez Efendi was the name of a 16th-century Sufi )

Rural area

There were two towns and six villages in the rural area of Merkezefendi. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Merkezefendi".

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