Meram

Meram
Meram
District and municipality
	A picnic area in Meram
	Map showing Meram District in Konya Province
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	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)	348,325
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0332
Website	www.meram.bel.tr

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.

Composition

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

Meram is twinned with:

Akjoujt, Inchiri Region, Mauritania^[5]

Notable residents

Ali Kireş (born 1991), footballer
Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 1994), footballer

References

^ Jump up to: ^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

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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[tuik-1] Jump up to: ^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.

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