Konya Province
Konya Province Konya ili | |
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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 | |
| • 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 |
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.
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.)
| 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 |
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| 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
References
- ^ "Konya (Metropolitan Province, Turkey) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Population of provinces by years - 2000-2018". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Company opens Turkey’s ‘largest solar power plant’ in Central Anatolia
- ^ Genel Nüfus Sayımları
- ^ Turkstat
- ^ "The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2020". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Türkiye Nüfus Sayimlarinda Azinliklar. August 2000. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Konya Mağaraları" (in Turkish). Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı - Yatırım ve İşletmeler Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
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Coordinates: 38°00′48″N 32°41′56″E / 38.01333°N 32.69889°E / 38.01333; 32.69889
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