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Konya Province () is a
province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
and
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in southwest Central
Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...
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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. 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 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 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.


Demographics

In 2011 the Konya
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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, Beyşehir, Bozkır, Derebucak, Hadim, Hüyük, Seydişehir, Taşkent, Yalıhüyük.


Places of interest

* Akşehir Museum * Çatalhöyük * Derebucak Çamlık Caves National Park * Ince Minaret Madrasa * Karatay Madrasa * Konya Archaeological Museum * Konya Ereğli Museum * Konya Ethnography Museum * Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden * Mevlâna Museum * Sahib Ata Complex * Sahip Ata Museum * TÜYAP Konya International Fair Center


Gallery

File:Meyil obruÄŸu.JPG, Lake Meyil sinkhole, Obruk Plateau


See also

* Konya Province, Ottoman Empire * Blue Tunnel Project


References


External links

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