Kızılcahamam, Ankara Province, Central Anatolia Region, Türkiye

🇹🇷 Kızılcahamam is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 70 km north of the city of Ankara, near the motorway to Istanbul. The district covers an area of 1,712 km², and the average elevation in district centre is 975 m.

Towns: • Çeltikçi • Kızılcahamam. Villages: • Adaköy • Akdoğan • Aksak • Alibey • Alpagut • Ayvacık • Aşağıadaköy • Aşağıçanlı • Aşağıhüyük • Aşağıkese • Bademli • Balcılar • Bayırköy • Bağlıca • Bağören • Başağaç • Başören • Belpınar • Berçinçatak • Berçinyayalar • Bezcikuzören • Beşkonak • Binkoz • Bulak • Ciğirler • Çalta • Çavuşlar • Çeçtepe • Çırpan • Çukurca • Çukurören • Demirciören • Değirmenönü • Doymuşören • Doğanözü • Esenler • Eğerlialören • Eğerlibaşköy • Eğerlidereköy • Eğerlikozören • Gebeler • Gökbel • Gölköy • Gümele • Güneysaray • Güvem • İğdir • İğmir • İnceğiz • İyceler • Hıdırlar • Kalemler • Karaağaç • Karacaören • Kasımlar • Kavaközü • Kocalar • Kurumcu • Kuşcuören • Kınık (Aşağı) • Kınık (Yukarı) • Kırkırca • Kırköy • Kışlak • Kızık • Kızılca • Kızılcaören • Mahkemeağcin • Olucak • Ortaköy • Otacı • Oğlakçı • Örencik • Pazar Başören • Pazar • Salın • Saraycık • Sarayköy • Saraçköy • Sazak • Semeler • Semer • Süleler • Şahinler • Tahtalar • Taşlıca • Turnalı • Ugurlu • Üçbaş • Üyücek • Yakakaya • Yanık • Yağcıhüseyin • Yeni Dereneci • Yeşilköy • Yukarıhüyük • Yukarıkaraören • Yukarıkese • Yukarıçanlı • Yıldırımdemirciler • Yıldırımhacılar • Yıldırımyağlıca • Yıldırımçatak • Yıldırımören.

The area is mountain and forest, a geographical boundary between central Anatolia and the Black Sea regions.

Kızılcahamam itself is a quiet market town known for its healing hot springs and mineral waters. Nearby Soğuksu National Park contains a scout camp and trails, and areas for picnic in the forest. There are hotels and guest houses including spa hotels. A sculpture of black vulture, an endangered bird species inhabited in the national park, is situated at the entrance of the town.