Konya Province () is a
province
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and
metropolitan municipality
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in southwest Central
Anatolia
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 40,838 km
2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022).
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.
Geography
Lake Tuz
Lake Tuz ( meaning 'Salt Lake) is 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 Central Anatolia Region, northeast of Konya, south-southeast of Ankara and ...
(Turkish: ''Tuz Gölü'') is the second largest
lake in Turkey. It supplies much of the country's salt needs.
Lake BeyÅŸehir 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
BeyÅŸehir,
Büyü Düden Cave in
Derebucak,
Körükini Cave in Beyşehir and
Tınaztepe Caves in
SeydiÅŸehir.
Demographics
In 2011 the Konya
Metropolitan Municipality
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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.
The following districts are located in the Mediterranean Region:
Ahırlı,
BeyÅŸehir,
Bozkır,
Derebucak,
Hadim,
Hüyük,
SeydiÅŸehir,
TaÅŸkent,
Yalıhüyük.
Places of interest
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AkÅŸehir Museum
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Çatalhöyük
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Derebucak Çamlık Caves National Park
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Ince Minaret Madrasa
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Karatay Madrasa
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Konya Archaeological Museum
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Konya EreÄŸli Museum
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Konya Ethnography Museum
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Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden
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Mevlâna Museum
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Sahib Ata Complex
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Sahip Ata Museum
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TÜYAP Konya International Fair Center
Gallery
File:Meyil obruÄŸu.JPG, Lake Meyil sinkhole, Obruk Plateau
See also
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Konya Province, Ottoman Empire
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Blue Tunnel Project
References
External links
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