Ilgın is a municipality and
district
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of
Konya Province
Konya Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022). The provincial capital is the city ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,636 km
2, and its population is 53,489 (2022).
Its elevation is .
Etymology
The name ''ılgın'' comes from the former Byzantine name of the city, Lageina.
Composition
There are 56
neighbourhoods
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in Ilgın District:
* Ağalar
* Argıthanı
* Avdan
* Ayvatdede
* Balkı
* Barakmuslu
* Behlülbey
* Belekler
* Beykonak
* Boğazkent
* Bulcuk
* Büyükoba
* Camiatik
* Çatak
* Çavuşçugöl
* Çiğil
* Çobankaya
* Çömlekçi
* Dereköy
* Dığrak
* Düğer
* Eldeş
* Esentepe
* Fahrettin Altay
* Fatih
* Geçitköy
* Gedikören
* Gökbudak
* Gökçeyurt
* Gölyaka
* Göstere
* Güneypınar
* Harmanyazı
* İhsaniye
* Ilıca
* İstasyon
* Kaleköy
* Kapaklı
* Karaköy
* Mahmuthisar
* Mecidiye
* Milli Egemenlik
* Misafirli
* Olukpınar
* Orhaniye
* Ormanözü
* Sadıkköy
* Sahip Ata
* Sebiller
* Şıhbedrettin
* Şıhcarullah
* Tekeler
* Ucarı
* Yorazlar
* Yukarıçiğil
* Zaferiye
Climate
Ilgın has a transitional dry-summer
humid continental climate
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and
Mediterranean climate
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(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
: ''Dsa''/''Csa''),
with hot, dry summers and cold winters.
Notable natives
Famous
Turkish
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* Something related to Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
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* The w ...
folk musician and novelist
Zülfü Livaneli
Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician.
Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...
was born in Ilgın.
References
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
Populated places in Konya Province
Districts of Konya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Lycaonia
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