Ilgın is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
of
Konya Province
Konya Province ( tr, ), in southwest Central Anatolia, is the largest province of Turkey. The provincial capital is the city of Konya. Its traffic code is 42.
The Kızılören solar power plant in Konya will be able to produce 22.5 megaw ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. 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
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; American and British English spelling differences, see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community ...
in Ilgın District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* 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
Notable natives
Famous Turkish folk musician and novelist Zülfü Livaneli
Ömer Zülfü Livaneli (born 20 June 1946), is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician.
Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish coup d'état because of his political views and had to leave Turkey in 1972 and went ...
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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