Keçiören

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 (73 sq mi), and the average elevation is 850 m (2,789 ft). The Çubuk River runs through the middle of the district. The name Keçiören comes from Keçi (goat) and Ören (ruins). Ankara is famous with its goat (Ankara Keçisi) 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...