Konya Province

Konya Province (Turkish: Konya ili) is a province of Turkey in southwest-central Anatolia. The provincial capital is the city of Konya. By area it is the largest province of Turkey. Its traffic code is 42.

Konya Province
Konya ili
Province of Turkey
Mevlâna Museum in Konya
Location of Konya Province in Turkey
CountryTurkey
RegionWest Anatolia
SubregionKonya
Government
 • Electoral districtKonya
 • GovernorVahdettin Özkan
Area
 • Total38,257 km2 (14,771 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total2,205,609
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Area code(s)0332
Vehicle registration42

The Kızılören solar power plant in Konya will be able to produce 22.5 megawatts of electricity in an area of 430,000 square meters.[2]

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.) Konya Province has 31 districts, three of which are central districts: Karatay, Meram and Selçuklu.

Population development
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1927504,384—    
1935569,684+1.53%
1940620,936+1.74%
1950741,026+1.78%
1960982,422+2.86%
19701,280,239+2.68%
19801,562,139+2.01%
19901,750,303+1.14%
20002,192,166+2.28%
20102,013,845−0.84%
20202,250,020+1.12%
Source:Turkstat[3][4][5]

Language census

Official first language results (1927-1965[6])

Language1927193519451950195519601965
Turkish94.8%95.3%96.1%95.7%96.6%98.7%97.3%
Kurdish4.2%4%3.8%2.6%2.9%1.1%2.5%
Circassian0.4%0.3%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.1%
Tatar0.2%0.3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Albanian0.1%0%0%0%0%0%0%
Other0.2%0.1%0%1.5%0.3%0%0.1%

Divisions

The Konya province is divided into thirty-one districts three of which are actually included in the municipality of Konya city (shown in boldface letters).

Konya Province districts

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

Caves

Caves in Konya Province are:[7]

See also
  • Mevlana Museum
  • Ince Minaret Medrese (1279) in Konya
  • Hilton Garden Inn, Konya
  • Alaaddin Hill
  • Konya Büyükşehir Stadium in Konya

References
  1. "Population of provinces by years - 2000-2018". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  2. Company opens Turkey’s ‘largest solar power plant’ in Central Anatolia
  3. Genel Nüfus Sayımları
  4. Turkstat
  5. "The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2020". Turkish Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  6. Türkiye Nüfus Sayimlarinda Azinliklar. August 2000. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  7. "Konya Mağaraları" (in Turkish). Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı - Yatırım ve İşletmeler Genel Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2017-01-26.


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