Meram

Summary

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
A picnic area in Meram
A picnic area in Meram
Map showing Meram District in Konya Province
Map showing Meram District in Konya Province
Meram is located in Turkey
Meram
Meram
Location in Turkey
Meram is located in Turkey Central Anatolia
Meram
Meram
Meram (Turkey Central Anatolia)
Coordinates: 37°50′11″N 32°26′18″E / 37.83639°N 32.43833°E / 37.83639; 32.43833
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKonya
Government
 • MayorMustafa Kavuş (AKP)
Area
1,822 km2 (703 sq mi)
Elevation
1,020 m (3,350 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
348,325
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0332
Websitewww.meram.bel.tr

Composition edit

There 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 edit

Meram is twinned with:

Notable residents edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ 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 edit

  • 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.