Altınordu, Ordu

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Altınordu
İlçe (district)
Altınordu is located in Turkey
Altınordu
Altınordu
Location in Turkey
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Country  Turkey
Province Ordu Province
Government
 • Mayor Engin Tekintaş (AKP)
Elevation 35 m (100 ft)
Population (2013)
 • Urban 186,097
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 52000
Area code(s) 0452
Licence plate 52

Altınordu is the central district of and a second-level municipality in Ordu Province, Turkey. (Altınordu means Golden Horde, a historical empire.)

According to the 2012 Metropolitan Municipalities Law (law no. 6360), all Turkish provinces which have a population of more than 750,000 became metropolitan municipalities and the districts within the metropolitan municipalities became second-level municipalities. The law also created new districts within the provinces in addition to the exizting districts.[1] These changes became effective by the local elections in 2014. According to the amendment Law act no 6447, Ordu Province is also included in the list of metropolitan municipalities.[2] On 30 March 2014, Engin Tekintaş (AKP) was elected mayor.

Before the 2014 local elections, Altınordu was also named Ordu. The name Ordu is now reserved for the metropolitan municipality.

Rural area

There will be six towns and 63 villages in the rural area of Altınordu.[3] Now their official status became "neighborhood of Altınordu".

References

  1. 6.12.2012 Official gazette (Turkish)
  2. 22.3.2013 Official gazette (Turkish)
  3. Statistical Institute