Pamukkale, Denizli
| Pamukkale | |
|---|---|
| İlçe (district) | |
  Pamukkale Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E / 37.783°N 29.100°ECoordinates: 37°47′N 29°06′E / 37.783°N 29.100°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey |
| Province | Denizli Province |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Urban | 311,496[1] |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 20000 |
| Area code(s) | 0258 |
| Licence plate | 20 |
Pamukkale is a new intracity district and second level municipality in Denizli Province, Turkey. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750000, were declared metropolitan municipality. The law also created new districts within the capital city which have second level municipalities in addition the metropolitan municipality. [2] Pamukkale is one of them.
Thus after 2014 the present Denizli central district was named Pamukkale and the name Denizli was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. (Pamukkale is the name of a well known thermal springs center near Denizli).
Rural area
There were six towns and 11 villages in the rural area of Pamukkale. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Pamukkale".