Meram is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,822 km2,[3] and its population is 348,325 (2022).[1] Meram is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu. It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.
Meram | |
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District and municipality | |
 A picnic area in Meram | |
 Map showing Meram District in Konya Province | |
  Meram Location in Turkey  Meram Meram (Turkey Central Anatolia) | |
| Coordinates: 37°50′11″N 32°26′18″E / 37.83639°N 32.43833°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Konya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mustafa Kavuş (AKP) |
Area | 1,822 km2 (703 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,020 m (3,350 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 348,325 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0332 |
| Website | www |
Composition
editThere are 69 neighbourhoods in Meram District:[4]
- Alakova
- Alavardı
- Ali Ulvi Kurucu
- Alpaslan
- Aşkan
- Ateşbaz-i Veli
- Ayanbey
- Aydoğdu
- Aymanas
- Bahçeşehir
- Bayat
- Boruktolu
- Botsa
- Boyalı
- Çarıklar
- Çaybaşı
- Çayırbağı
- Çomaklar
- Çomaklı
- Çukurçimen
- Dere
- Durunday
- Erenkaya
- Evliyatekke
- Gödene
- Hadimi
- Harmancık
- Hasanşeyh
- Hatıp
- Hatunsaray
- Havzan
- İkipınar
- İnlice
- Karaağaç
- Karadiğin
- Karadiğinderesi
- Karahüyük
- Kaşınhanı
- Kavak
- Kayadibi
- Kayalı
- Kayıhüyük
- Kilistra
- Kızılören
- Konevi
- Kovanağzı
- Köyçeğiz
- Kozağaç
- Kumralı
- Lalebahce
- Melikşah
- Osmangazi
- Pamukçu
- Pirebi
- Sadıklar
- Sağlık
- Sahibiata
- Sarıkız
- Sefaköy
- Uluğbey
- Uluırmak
- Uzunharmanlar
- Yaka
- Yatağan
- Yaylapınar
- Yenibahçe
- Yenişehir
- Yeşildere
- Yeşiltekke
Sister cities
editMeram is twinned with:
Notable residents
edit- Ali Kireş (born 1991), footballer
- Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 1994), footballer
References
edit- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meram.
- District governor's official website (in Turkish)
- District municipality's official website (in Turkish)
- Turkish Ministry of Education. "General information on Meram, Turkey" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2008-01-20.
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