Konya Province

Konya Province (Turkish: Konya ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km², making it the largest province by area,^[2] and its population is 2,296,347 (2022).^[1] The provincial capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42.

Konya Province Konya ili
Province and metropolitan municipality
Panoramic look to Konya
Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Konya
Government
• Mayor	Duru Kumsal Kuyumcu
• Vali	Duru Evciler
Area	40,838 km2 (15,768 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	2,296,347
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0332
Website	www.konya.bel.tr www.konya.gov.tr

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]

Geography

Köppen map of Konya Province and surrounding regions:^[5]

•   BSk
•   Csa
•   Csb
•   Dsa
•   Dsb
•   Dsc

Lake Tuz (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.^[6]

Sille - an old Greek village with a stream running through it

A view from Meke Lake in spring.

Districts of the province of Konya

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.)

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.

• Ahırlı
• Akören
• Akşehir
• Altınekin
• Beyşehir
• Bozkır
• Çeltik
• Cihanbeyli
• Çumra
• Derbent
• Derebucak
• Doğanhisar
• Emirgazi
• Ereğli
• Güneysınır
• Hadim
• Halkapınar
• Hüyük
• Ilgın
• Kadınhanı
• Karapınar
• Karatay
• Kulu
• Meram
• Sarayönü
• Selçuklu
• Seydişehir
• Taşkent
• Tuzlukçu
• Yalıhüyük
• Yunak

The following districts are located in the Mediterranean Region: Ahırlı, Beyşehir, Bozkır, Derebucak, Hadim, Hüyük, Seydişehir, Taşkent, Yalıhüyük.

Places of interest

Aziziye Mosque , Konya.

• 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

• 
  Lake Meyil sinkhole, Obruk Plateau

See also

• Konya Province, Ottoman Empire
• Blue Tunnel Project