Çankaya, Ankara
（重定向自Cankaya）
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Çankaya is the central metropolitan district of the city of Ankara, the capital of Turkey, and an administrative district of Ankara Province. According to the 2000 census, the population of the urban center is 797,109 (2010 est.) which swells up to 2 million or more people during the day. The district covers an area of 268 km (103 sq mi), and the urban center lies at an average elevation of 986 m (3,235 ft).