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Central Anatolia is a region of . It extends over the country's central plateau, which is mostly a steppe.
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is the capital of , central within the country on the plateau of Central Anatolia. It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million, with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.

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is a city in Central Anatolia, 350 km southeast of Ankara. In 2021 the population was 1.2 million. is a sprawling industrial city, with a mixture of trades such as furniture, and has a university.

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is a city in Central Anatolia in Turkey, known as the city of "whirling dervishes" and for its outstanding Seljuk architecture. In 2021 metropolis had a population of 2,277,017, the sixth largest in Turkey, but the area of most interest is compact.

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Central Anatolia

Latitude of center
39.1718° or 39° 10′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
33.5235° or 33° 31′ 25″ east
Population
11,900,000
Elevation
844 metres (2,769 feet)
Geo­Names ID
10922504
Wiki­data ID
Q155526
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Central Anatolia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rajoni i Anadollit Qendror”
  • Arabic: “منطقة وسط الأناضول”
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Անատոլիա տարածաշրջան”
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Անատոլիա”
  • Asturian: “Rexón d’Anatolia Central”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərkəzi Anadolu regionu”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Anatolia eskualdea”
  • Belarusian: “Рэгіён Цэнтральная Анатолія”
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральная Анатолія”
  • Bosnian: “Centralna Anadolija”
  • Bulgarian: “Централен Анадол”
  • Catalan: “Anatòlia Central”
  • Catalan: “Regió d’Anatòlia Central”
  • Central Kurdish: “ھەرێمی ئاناتۆلیای ناوەندی”
  • Chechen: “Йуккъера Анатоли”
  • Chinese: “中安纳托利亚”
  • Chinese: “中部安那托利亚地区”
  • Chinese: “中部安那托利亞地區”
  • Chinese: “安納托利亞中部地區”
  • Czech: “Střední Anatolie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Mıntıqay Anatoliya Merkezi”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Anatolie”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Anatolië”
  • Dutch: “Ic Anadolu Bolgesi”
  • Dutch: “İç Anadolu Bölgesi”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Anatolia regiono”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Anatolio”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Anatoolia piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Keski-Anatolian alue”
  • French: “Anatolie centrale”
  • French: “région de l’Anatolie centrale”
  • French: “Région de l’Anatolie centrale”
  • Galician: “Rexión da Anatolia Central”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური ანატოლიის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Ic Anadolu”
  • German: “Mittelanatolien”
  • German: “Zentral-Anatolien”
  • German: “Zentralanatolien”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή Κεντρικής Ανατολίας”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מרכז אנטוליה”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז אנטוליה”
  • Hungarian: “Közép-anatóliai régió”
  • Indonesian: “Central Anatolia Region”
  • Indonesian: “İç Anadolu Bölgesi”
  • Indonesian: “Kawasan Anatolia Tengah”
  • Italian: “Regione dell’Anatolia Centrale”
  • Japanese: “中央アナトリア”
  • Japanese: “中央アナトリア地域”
  • Japanese: “中央アナトリア地方”
  • Korean: “중부 아나톨리아 지역”
  • Korean: “중앙 아나톨리아 지역”
  • Korean: “중앙아나톨리아 지역”
  • Kurdish: “Anadoliya navin”
  • Kurdish: “Anadoliya navîn”
  • Kurdish: “Anadolya navin”
  • Kurdish: “Anatolia navin”
  • Kurdish: “Anatoliya navîn”
  • Kurdish: “Anatoliya Navîn”
  • Kurdish: “Anatolîya Navîn”
  • Kurdish: “Anatoliyaya Navîn”
  • Kurdish: “Anatolya navîn”
  • Kurdish: “Anatolyaya navîn”
  • Kurdish: “ئاناتۆلیا ناڤین”
  • Macedonian: “Средна Анадолија”
  • Marathi: “मध्य अनातोलिया प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Madelanatoolien”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “İç Anadolu Bölgesi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sentral-Anatolia”
  • Persian: “منطقه آناتولی مرکزی”
  • Persian: “ناحیه آناتولی مرکزی”
  • Portuguese: “Anatólia Central”
  • Portuguese: “Região da Anatólia Central”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Anatolia Centrală”
  • Russian: “Центральная Анатолия”
  • Scots: “Central Anatolie Region”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Centralna Anadolija”
  • Slovak: “Stredná Anatólia”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja Anatolija, Turčija”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja Anatolija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مرکزی آنادولو بؤلگه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Anatolia Central”
  • Spanish: “Region de Anatolia Central”
  • Spanish: “Región de Anatolia Central”
  • Swahili: “Kanda ya Anatolia ya Kati”
  • Tagalog: “Central Anatolia”
  • Tagalog: “Gitnang Anatolia”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon ng Gitnang Anatolia”
  • Tajik: “Анатулии Марказӣ”
  • Tamil: “மத்திய அனதோலியா பிராந்தியம்”
  • Tatar: “Үзәк Анатулы”
  • Turkish: “İç Anadolu Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “İç Anadolu”
  • Turkish: “Orta Anadolu”
  • Uighur: “ئوتتۇرا ئاناتولىيە رايونى”
  • Uighur: “ئىچ ئاناتولىيە رايونى”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Анатолія”
  • Urdu: “وسطی اناطولیہ علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Markaziy Anadolu mintaqasi”
  • Welsh: “Rhanbarth Canoldir Anatolia”
  • Western Armenian: “Կեդրոնական Անատոլիա”

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