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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 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
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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 {{Konya-geo-stub