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Altıeylül is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey.^[2] Its area is 956 km²,^[3] and its population is 183,736 (2022).^[1]

The district was established in 2012, when Balıkesir Province was declared a metropolitan municipality as a part of the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation (Law no. 6360). Altıeylül was created out of the former Balıkesir central district, along with Karesi.^[4]^[5] The name Altıeylül means "6 September", which was the date of recovery of Balıkesir during the Turkish War of Independence in 1922.

Composition

There are 94 neighbourhoods in Altıeylül District:^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ Kanun No. 6360, Resmî Gazete, 6 December 2012.
^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 14. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.