Konya Province

Konya Province
Konya ili
Province and metropolitan municipality
Panoramic look to Konya
Panoramic look to Konya
Location of the province within Turkey
Location of the province within Turkey
CountryTurkey
SeatKonya
Government
 • MayorDuru Kumsal Kuyumcu
 • ValiDuru Evciler
Area
40,838 km2 (15,768 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
2,296,347
 • Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0332
Websitewww.konya.bel.tr
www.konya.gov.tr

Konya Province (Turkish: Konya ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area,[2] and its population is 2,296,347 (2022).[1] The provincial capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42.

The Kızılören solar power plant in Konya will be able to produce 22.5 megawatts of electricity over an area of 430,000 square meters.[3]

Geography

Köppen map of Konya Province and surrounding regions:[4]
  •   BSk
  •   Csa
  •   Csb
  •   Dsa
  •   Dsb
  •   Dsc

Lake Tuz (Turkish: Tuz Gölü,) is the second largest lake in Turkey. It supplies much of the country's salt needs. Lake Beyşehir is on the western side of Konya province in a national park. It is the largest freshwater lake in Turkey and is important for local tourism, attracting thousands of people to its two beaches and twenty-two islands each year.

Konya has several caves in its borders, such as Balatini Cave in Beyşehir, Büyü Düden Cave in Derebucak, Körükini Cave in Beyşehir and Tınaztepe Caves in Seydişehir.[5]

Sille - an old Greek village with a stream running through it
A view from Meke Lake in spring.
Districts of the province of Konya

Demographics

In 2011 the Konya Metropolitan Municipality had a population close to 1.1 million, out of the 2 million in the Konya Province (76.2% of the population in Konya Province lives in the city, while the remainder live in the villages, sub-districts and districts.)

Language census

Official first language results (1927-1965[6])

Language 1927 1935 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965
Turkish 94.8% 95.3% 96.1% 95.7% 96.6% 98.7% 97.3%
Kurdish 4.2% 4% 3.8% 2.6% 2.9% 1.1% 2.5%
Circassian 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% 0.1%
Tatar 0.2% 0.3% — — — — —
Albanian 0.1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Other 0.2% 0.1% 0% 1.5% 0.3% 0% 0.1%

Divisions

The province of Konya is divided into thirty-one districts three of which (Meram, Selçuklu and Karatay) form part of Konya city.

The following districts are located in the Mediterranean Region: Ahırlı, Beyşehir, Bozkır, Derebucak, Hadim, Hüyük, Seydişehir, Taşkent, Yalıhüyük.

Places of interest

Aziziye Mosque , Konya.
  • Lake Meyil sinkhole, Obruk Plateau
    Lake Meyil sinkhole, Obruk Plateau

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ Company opens Turkey’s ‘largest solar power plant’ in Central Anatolia
  4. ^ "Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution". Nature Scientific Data. DOI:10.1038/sdata.2018.214.
  5. ^ "Konya Mağaraları" (in Turkish). Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı - Yatırım ve İşletmeler Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  6. ^ Türkiye Nüfus Sayimlarinda Azinliklar. August 2000. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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