{{Infobox Turkey place | type = metro district | name = Mihalgazi | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Eskişehir location Mihalgazi.svg | map_caption = Map showing Mihalgazi District in Eskişehir Province | coordinates = {{coord|40|01|N|30|34|E|display=it|region:TR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} | province = Eskişehir | leader_party = AKP | leader_name = Zeynep Akgün | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 109 | elevation_m = 210 | population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/> | population_total = 2987 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = 26880 | area_code = 0222 | website = {{url|http://www.mihalgazi.bel.tr/}} }} '''Mihalgazi''' (before 1927: ''Gümele'') is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey.<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> Its area is 109 km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> and its population is 2,987 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> The town lies at an elevation of {{convert|210|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, on the Sakarya River, 35 km north from Eskişehir city. The district borders İnhisar to the west, Yenipazar to the northwest, Sarıcakaya to the east and Tepebaşı to the south. There are hot springs in Sakarıılıca.
Mihalgazi was part of Eskişehir sanjak between 1292 and the second half of the 15th century. It was part of Göynük township of Bursa sanjak between second half of the 15th century and the 16th century, and then of Bolu sanjak until 1894, when it was attached to the Söğüt District of Bilecik.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mihalgazi nerenin ilçesi, nereye bağlı? Mihalgazi hangi şehirde? |url=https://www.gazetebanka.com/haber/16296475/mihalgazi-nerenin-ilcesi-nereye-bagli-mihalgazi-hangi-sehirde |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Gazete Banka |language=tr}}</ref> It was part of İnhisar nahiya in Söğüt township of Bilecik sanjak between 1894 and 1923, and of Söğüt district of Bilecik Province between 1923 and 1946. It became a township and changed its name as '''Mihalgazi''' in 1927 after people of Gümele repulsed attacks of Greeks troops, who marched from Söğüt and Eskişehir during Turkish War of Independence in 1921. It became part of the Central District of Eskişehir Province in 1946<ref>{{Cite web| title=Kararlar | language=tr | trans-title=Decisions | url=http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/6279.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323144216/http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/6279.pdf | archive-date=2012-03-23}}</ref> and of Sarıcakaya district in 1958. It became a municipality in 1967. It finally became a district of Eskişehir Province in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |title=İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri |url=https://www.icisleri.gov.tr/kurumlar/icisleri.gov.tr/IcSite/illeridaresi/İstatistiki%20Bilgiler/İl%20İdaresi%20ve%20Mülki%20Bölümler/il%20ilce%20kurulus%20tarihleri_2019.pdf |access-date=14 September 2023|page=34 |language=tr}}</ref>
==Composition== There are 9 neighbourhoods in Mihalgazi District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * Alpagut * Bozaniç * Cumhuriyet * Demirciler * Dokuz Mayıs * Hürriyet * İstiklal * Karaoğlan * Sakarıılıca {{div col end}}
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==External links== * [http://www.mihalgazi.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] {{in lang|tr}} * [http://www.mihalgazi.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090306034217/http://www.eskisehir.gov.tr/images/harita_mihalgazi.jpg Map of Mihalgazi district] * {{cite web|url=http://www.cedgm.gov.tr/icd_raporlari/eskisehiricd2006.pdf |title=Environmental Status Report for Eskişehir Province |author=Governorship of Eskişehir, Directorate of Provincial Environment and Forestry |year=2006 |language=Turkish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305161911/http://www.cedgm.gov.tr/icd_raporlari/eskisehiricd2006.pdf |archivedate=March 5, 2009 }}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Eskişehir|image=Eskisehir}} {{Eskişehir Province}}
Category:Mihalgazi Category:Populated places in Eskişehir Province Category:Districts of Eskişehir Province Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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