Meram is a municipality and
district
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of
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 ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,822 km
2, and its population is 348,325 (2022).
Meram is one of the central districts of
Konya
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, along with the districts of
Karatay and
Selçuklu
Selçuklu is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,931 km2, and its population is 690,667 (2022). Selçuklu is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay, Kony ...
. It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.
Composition
There are 69
neighbourhoods
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in Meram District:
* Alakova
* Alavardı
* Ali Ulvi Kurucu
* Alpaslan
* AÅŸkan
* AteÅŸbaz-i Veli
* Ayanbey
* AydoÄŸdu
* Aymanas
* Bahçeşehir
* Bayat
* Boruktolu
* Botsa
* Boyalı
* Çarıklar
* Çaybaşı
* Çayırbağı
* Çomaklar
* Çomaklı
* Çukurçimen
* Dere
* Durunday
* Erenkaya
* Evliyatekke
* Gödene
* Hadimi
* Harmancık
* HasanÅŸeyh
* Hatıp
*
Hatunsaray
Hatunsaray is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Meram, Konya Province, Turkey. Its population is 583 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde'').
It is located south-southeast of the ancient site of Lystra ...
* Havzan
* İkipınar
*
Ä°nlice
Ä°nlice is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Meram, Konya Province, Turkey. Its population is 724 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde'').
Geography
Ä°nlice is to the south west of Konya city at a ...
* Karaağaç
* KaradiÄŸin
* KaradiÄŸinderesi
* Karahüyük
* Kaşınhanı
* Kavak
* Kayadibi
* Kayalı
* Kayıhüyük
* Kilistra
* Kızılören
* Konevi
* Kovanağzı
* Köyçeğiz
* Kozağaç
* Kumralı
* Lalebahce
* MelikÅŸah
* Osmangazi
* Pamukçu
* Pirebi
* Sadıklar
*
Sağlık
* Sahibiata
* Sarıkız
* Sefaköy
* UluÄŸbey
* Uluırmak
* Uzunharmanlar
* Yaka
* YataÄŸan
* Yaylapınar
* Yenibahçe
* YeniÅŸehir
* YeÅŸildere
* YeÅŸiltekke
Sister cities
Meram is
twinned with:
*
Akjoujt
Akjoujt (Arabic: أكجوجت) is a small city in western Mauritania. It is the capital of the Inchiri region. "Akjoujt" (ɑk'ʤuʤt) means 'wells'. The city's main industry is gold and copper mining.
History
Archeologists have discovered that ...
,
Inchiri Region,
Mauritania
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[Farhaoui, Fouad. "Two Powers Rising in Mauritania: Turkey and China." Mauritania and Newly Emerging Economies in Africa Turkey and China. N.p.: International Strategic Research Organization, 2013. 46. USAK Report. Web.]
Notable residents
*
Ali KireÅŸ
Ali Kires (born 24 January 1991) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Konyaspor
Konyaspor Kulübü (, Konya Sports Club), commonly referred to as Konyaspor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya, one of the large ...
(born 1991), footballer
*
Abdülkerim Bardakcı
Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 7 September 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Turkey national team.
Club career
Bardakcı made his Süper Lig debut on 17 August 2013 agains ...
(born 1994), footballer
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
Lycaonia
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