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Ilgın is a municipality and
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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 Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 1,636 km2, 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 (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
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 A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
and
Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
(
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: ''Dsa''/''Csa''), with hot, dry summers and cold winters.


Notable natives

Famous
Turkish Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * 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 {{Konya-geo-stub