Konya Province ( tr, ), in southwest Central

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, is the largest province of Turkey. The provincial capital is the

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Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it ...

. 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.

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)

Divisions

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

The following districts are located in the Mediterranean Region:

Ahırlı Ahırlı is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly o ...

, Beyşehir, Bozkır, Derebucak, Hadim, Hüyük, Seydişehir, Taşkent, Yalıhüyük.

Lakes

Lake Tuz Lake Tuz ( tr, Tuz Gölü meaning 'Salt Lake'; anciently Tatta — grc, ἡ Τάττα, la, Tatta Lacus) was the second largest lake in Turkey with its surface area and one of the largest hypersaline lakes in the world. It is located in the C ...

(Turkish: ''Tuz Gölü'',) is the second largest lake in Turkey. It supplies much of the country's salt needs. Beysehir Lake 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.

Caves

The following caves are in the province of Konya: * Balatini Cave, Beyşehir * Büyü Düden Cave, Derebucak * Körükini Cave, Beyşehir * Tınaztepe Caves, Seydişehir

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