title: Nallıhan
text: Nallıhan is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,079 km2, and its population is 26,553 (2022). It is 157 km from the city of Ankara. Its elevation is 625 m.
  
  Nallıhan is one of many towns that claim to be the burial place of Taptuk Emre, who lived in the 12-13 century, and was the teacher of the folk poet and dervish Yunus Emre. Nallıhan Davutoğlan Bird Paradise attracts local and foreign tourists.
  
  Name
  Nallıhan is named after a caravanserai on the ancient Silk Road to the Orient next to the river Nallı. There has been a settlement here for thousands of years.
  
  Today
  Today the town is known for its needlework and local cuisine including stuffed vine-leaves, pilav, pumpkin dessert, gozleme (flat bread with cheese and potatoes filling), and many other types of more fine pastries such as baklava with locally grown walnut. The countryside is used for growing rice, wheat, barley, grapes, apples, tomatoes, and lavender. 
  Almost everything grows in the fertile soils of Nalliah such as figs, olives, mulberry, pears, apple, persimmons, quince, hazelnut, pecans, squashes, beans, and melons. 
  
  Visitors can walk through the idyllic Ottoman villages (e.g. Akdere) and have local cuisine in the Ottoman era Caravan Palace.
  
  Composition
  
  There are 84 neighbourhoods in Nallıhan District:
  
   100.Yıl
   Akdere
   Aksu
   Alanköy
   Aliağa
   Aliefe
   Alpağut
   Arkutça
   Aşağıbağdere
   Aşağıbağlıca
   Aşağıkavacık
   Atatürk
   Atça
   Aydoğmuş
   Belenalan
   Belenören
   Beyalan
   Beycik
   Beydili
   Bozyaka
   Çalıcaalan
   Çamalan
   Çayırhan
   Cendere
   Çiller
   Çive
   Çulhalar
   Danişment
   Davutoğlan
   Demirköy
   Dereköy
   Doğandere
   Döğmeci
   Eğri
   Emremsultan
   Epçeler
   Ericek
   Eymir
   Fatih
   Gökçeöz
   Güzelöz
   Hacıbey
   Hacıhasanlar
   Hıdırlar
   İslamalan
   Kabaca
   Kadıköy
   Karacasu
   Karahisar
   Karahisargölcük
   Karahisarkozlu
   Karaköy
   Kavakköy
   Kulu
   Kuruca
   Kuzucular
   Meyildere
   Meyilhacılar
   Nallıdere
   Nallıgölcük
   Nasuhpaşa
   Nebioğlu
   Ömerşeyhler
   Osmanköy
   Öşürler
   Ozan
   Sarıkaya
   Sarıyar
   Sobran
   Soğukkuyu
   Subaşı
   Tekirler
   Tekke
   Tepe
   Uluhan
   Uluköy
   Uzunöz
   Yakapınar
   Yazı
   Yenice
   Yeşilyurt
   Yukarıbağdere
   Yukarıbağlıca
   Yukarıkavacık
  
  Places of interest
  Nallıhan Kuş Cenneti - Sarıyar reservoir is teeming with bird-life. It is a natural habitat for several endangered bird species in Turkey. 
  Kocahan - Ottoman vizier Nasuh Pasha stopped by this place in 1599 and made it built. It is in a rectangular shape and has cafes and shops in its 46 rooms.
  Ilıca/Uyuzsuyu waterfall - The waterfall that reside in the road to Göynük, is the only waterfall in the borders of Turkey's capital, Ankara. It got its name "Uyuzsuyu" because there is a belief that its water cures skin diseases.
  
  See also
  Sarıyar Dam
  
  References
  
  External links
  
  Nallıhan website 
  District governor's official website 
  
  District municipality's official website 
  A local information website 
  
   
  Populated places in Ankara Province
  Districts of Ankara Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey