Çumra is a municipality and

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Konya Province Konya Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022). The provincial capital is the city ...

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. Its area is 2,089 km², and its population is 67,690 (2022).

Geography

The town of Çumra is at an altitude of 1,020 m. It is an important stop on the

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. It is central to the 500 km²/120,000 acre Çumra irrigation zone, in the Konya Plain, that was established in 1912.

Climate

Çumra's climate is classified as cold semi-arid (

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: ''BSk''). The town experiences hot, dry summers and chilly, frequently snowy winters.

History

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(c. 8000 BC)

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Archaeological findings

In 2019, a farmer near the site of Türkmen-Karahöyük, a Bronze and Iron Age mounded settlement discovered a stone stele commissioned by Hartapu to commemorate his victory over Phrygia written in Luwian Hieroglyphics. Archaeologists from the

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joined the Konya Regional Archaeological Survey Project to excavate the stele, and the excavations of the archaeological mound at the site, which is believed to be the capital of Hartapu's as yet unnamed kingdom, will continue in 2020. In February 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery of Luwian hieroglyphs on the stone stele pulled out of the irrigation ditch next to the ancient mound of Türkmen-Karahöyük, describing the military victory of "Great King Hartapu" over an alliance of 13 kings. The description has a reference to defeating the royal house of Phrygia, which included

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Composition

There are 53

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in Çumra District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Abditolu * Adakale * Afşar * Alemdar * Alibeyhüyüğü * Alıssa * Apa * Apasaraycık * Arıkören * Avdul * Bağlar * Bakkalbaşı * Balçıkhisar * Baraj * Bardakcı * Beylerce * Büyükaşlama * Çaybaşı * Çiçek * Çukurkavak * Cumhuriyet * Dedemoğlu * Dinek * Dineksaray * Dinlendik * Doğanlı * Erentepe * Fethiye * Gökhüyük * Güvercinlik * Hürriyet * İçeriçumra * İnli * İstiklal * İzzetbey * Karkın * Küçükköy * Kuzucu * Meydan * Okçu * Seçme * Sürgüç * Tahtalı * Taşağıl * Türkmencamili * Türkmenkarahüyük * Üçhüyük * Ürünlü * Uzunkuyu * Yenidoğan * Yenimahalle * Yenisu * Yörükcamili

Industry

Konya Şeker has a sugar factory with a small coal-fired autoproducer power plant, one of the Çoban Yıldızı power stations.

References

External links

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website
Populated places in Konya Province Districts of Konya Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{Konya-geo-stub