Sudurağı is a

belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the villages (and also subdistricts) are usually too small to have ...

(town) in the central district (

Karaman Karaman, historically known as Laranda (Greek: Λάρανδα), is a city in south central Turkey, located in Central Anatolia, north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to ...

) of

Karaman Province Karaman Province ( tr, ) is a province of south-central Turkey. It has an area of . A 2010 estimate puts the population at 232,633 people. According to the 2000 census, the population was 243,210. The population density is 27.54 people/km. The ...

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. Situated in the vast

Central Anatolia The Central Anatolia Region ( tr, İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara. Other big cities are Konya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Sivas, and Aksaray. Located in Central Turkey, it is bordered ...

plains at it is north east of Karaman. The population of Sudurağı is 2,245 as of 2010. The original settlement was nothing but a base to protect the caravan route during the Ottoman Empire era. After the

Turkmens Turkmens ( tk, , , , ; historically "the Turkmen"), sometimes referred to as Turkmen Turks ( tk, , ), are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-weste ...

settlements the Sudurağı was declared a seat of township.

Future

According to ''

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report'' prepared by the

Ministry of Environment and Forestry (Turkey) The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( tr, Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı) is a government ministry of the Republic of Turkey, responsible for agriculture and forestry. Reforestation is important to combat climate change in Turkey. See also * ...

the projected population of Sudurağı in 2025 is 6000. The present master plan of the town is found to be sufficient for the future expansion.Mersin Karaman Bölgesi Planlama Bölgesi Çevre Düzeni Planı, TC Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı p.36

References

Populated places in Karaman Province Towns in Turkey Karaman Central District {{Karaman-geo-stub