Meram
District and municipality in Konya, Turkey
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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 | |
| Coordinates: 37°50′11″N 32°26′18″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 (2024)[1] | 348,071 |
| • Density | 191.0/km2 (494.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0332 |
| Website | www |
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:
Notable residents
- Ali Kireş (born 1991), footballer
- Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 1994), footballer