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Konya Province

{{Short description|Province of Turkey}}

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| other_name = Konya ili

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| image_caption = Panoramic look to Konya

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| image_map = Konya in Turkey.svg

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| seat = Konya

| leader_name1 = Duru Evciler

| leader_party =

| leader_name = Duru Kumsal Kuyumcu

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| area_total_km2 = 40838

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| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2296347

| population_as_of = 2022

| website = {{url|http://www.konya.bel.tr/}}
{{url|http://www.konya.gov.tr/}}

| area_code = 0332

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Konya Province ({{langx|tr|{{italics correction|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,{{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=19 September 2023}} and its population is 2,296,347 (2022).{{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=19 September 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} 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.[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/company-opens-turkeys-largest-solar-power-plant-in-central-anatolia.aspx?pageID=238&nID=98783&NewsCatID=348 Company opens Turkey’s ‘largest solar power plant’ in Central Anatolia]

Geography

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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.File:Sille Panorama.jpg - an old Greek village with a stream running through it]]

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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.)

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Official first language results (1927-1965{{cite book |title=Türkiye Nüfus Sayimlarinda Azinliklar |date=August 2000|url=https://archive.org/details/2300TurkiyeNufusSayimlarindaAzinliqlarFuadDundar2000223s|access-date=16 December 2018}})

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Turkish{{Pct |478189|504383| 1 }}{{Pct |543057|569684| 1 }}{{Pct |635768|661877| 1 }}{{Pct |708893|741026| 1 }}{{Pct |818789|847723| 1 }}{{Pct |968455|981422| 1 }}{{Pct |1092819|1122622| 1 }}
Kurdish{{Pct |21395|504383| 1 }}{{Pct |22597|569684| 1 }}{{Pct |25176|661877| 1 }}{{Pct |19218|741026| 1 }}{{Pct |24665|847723| 1 }}{{Pct |10840|981422| 1 }}{{Pct |27825|1122622| 1 }}
Circassian{{Pct |1769|504383| 1 }}{{Pct |1496|569684| 1 }}{{Pct |788|661877| 1 }}{{Pct |1473|741026| 1 }}{{Pct |1272|847723| 1 }}{{Pct |991|981422| 1 }}{{Pct |1139|1122622| 1 }}
Tatar{{Pct |1227|504383| 1 }}{{Pct |1829|569684| 1 }}{{N/A}}{{N/A}}{{N/A}}{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
Albanian{{Pct |737|504383| 1 }}{{Pct |229|569684| 1 }}{{Pct |132|661877| 1 }}{{Pct |27|741026| 1 }}{{Pct |56|847723| 1 }}{{Pct |71|981422| 1 }}{{Pct |75|1122622| 1 }}
Other{{Pct |1066|504383| 1 }}{{Pct |476|569684| 1 }}{{Pct |132|661877| 1 }}{{Pct |11415|741026| 1 }}{{Pct |2941|847723| 1 }}{{Pct |0|981422| 1 }}{{Pct |764|1122622| 1 }}

Divisions

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

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

Places of interest

File:Aziziye Mosque, Konya (cropped).JPG

Gallery

File:Meyil obruğu.JPG|Lake Meyil sinkhole, Obruk Plateau

See also

References

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{{cite web |url=http://yigm.kulturturizm.gov.tr/TR,10051/konya-magaralari.html |publisher=Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı - Yatırım ve İşletmeler Genel Müdürlüğü |title=Konya Mağaraları |language=tr |access-date=2017-01-26 }}

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External links

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