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Konya Province (Turkish: Konya ili), in southwest Central Anatolia, is the largest province of Turkey. The provincial capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42.

Konya Province Konya ili
Province of Turkey
Mevlâna Museum in Konya
Location of Konya Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	West Anatolia
Subregion	Konya
Largest City	Konya
Government
• Electoral district	Konya
• Governor	Vahdettin Özkan
Area [1]
• Total	38,873 km2 (15,009 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,277,017
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Area code	0332
Vehicle registration	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.[3]

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.)

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1927	504,384	—
1935	569,684	+1.53%
1940	620,936	+1.74%
1950	741,026	+1.78%
1960	982,422	+2.86%
1970	1,280,239	+2.68%
1980	1,562,139	+2.01%
1990	1,750,303	+1.14%
2000	2,192,166	+2.28%
2010	2,013,845	−0.84%
2020	2,250,020	+1.12%
Source:Turkstat[4][5][6]

Language census

Official first language results (1927-1965[7])

Language	1927	1935	1945	1950	1955	1960	1965
Turkish	94.8%	95.3%	96.1%	95.7%	96.6%	98.7%	97.3%
Kurdish	4.2%	4%	3.8%	2.6%	2.9%	1.1%	2.5%
Circassian	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
Tatar	0.2%	0.3%	—	—	—	—	—
Albanian	0.1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Other	0.2%	0.1%	0%	1.5%	0.3%	0%	0.1%

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.

Lakes

Lake Tuz (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:[8]

• Balatini Cave, Beyşehir
• Büyü Düden Cave, Derebucak
• Körükini Cave, Beyşehir
• Tınaztepe Caves, Seydişehir

See also

• Konya Province, Ottoman Empire
• Blue Tunnel Project

References

External links

На других языках

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[de] Konya (Provinz)

Die türkische Provinz Konya ist die flächenmäßig größte Provinz der Türkei. Ihre Hauptstadt ist das gleichnamige Konya (osmanisch .mw-parser-output .Arab a,.mw-parser-output a bdi.Arab{text-decoration:none!important}.mw-parser-output .Arab{font-size:120%}قونیه, von altgriechisch Ἰκόνιον .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Ikónion, lateinisch Iconium). Ihre Nachbarprovinzen sind im Norden Ankara, im Westen Isparta, Afyonkarahisar und Eskişehir, im Süden Mersin, Karaman und Antalya sowie im Osten Niğde und Aksaray.

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- [en] Konya Province

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[es] Provincia de Konya

La provincia de Konya (o Iconio) es una de las 81 provincias de Turquía. Se ubica en la región de Anatolia Central y su capital es la ciudad de Konya.

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[ru] Конья (ил)

Конья (тур. Konya) — ил в центральной части Турции.

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