Karatay 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, municip ...
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 2,832 km
2, and its population is 370,927 (2022).
Karatay is one of the central districts of
Konya
Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...
along with the districts of
Meram
Meram is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,822 km2, and its population is 348,325 (2022). Meram is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu. It covers the sou ...
and
Selçuklu
Selçuklu is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,931 km2, and its population is 690,667 (2022). Selçuklu is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay, Kony ...
. It covers the eastern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.
The
solar power plant
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Kızören in Konya which went online in 2016 covers an area of 430,000 m
2 and will be able to produce 26
GWh of electricity annually.
Places to see
*
Mevlana
Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi '' faqih'' (jurist), Maturidi theologian (''mutakallim''), and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empi ...
Museum
*
Aziziye Mosque
Composition
There are 80
neighbourhoods
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in Karatay District:
Mahalle
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Acıdort
* Akabe
* Akbaş
* Akçeşme
* Akifpaşa
* Akörenkışla
* Aksaklı
* Aziziye
* Bakırtolu
* Başak
* Başgötüren
* Beşağıl
* Büyükburnak
* Büyüksinan
* Çatalhüyük
* Çatalömek
* Çelebi
* Çengilti
* Çimenlik
* Divanlar
* Doğuş
* Elmacı
* Emirgazi
* Erenler
* Erler
* Esentepe
* Fetih
* Fevziçakmak
* Gaziosmanpaşa
* Göçü
* Hacıhasan
* Hacıibalı
* Hacısadık
* Hacıveyiszade
* Hacıyusufmescit
* Hamzaoğlu
* Hasandede
* Hayıroğlu
* İpekler
* İsmil
* İstiklal
* Kalenderhane
* Karaaslandede
* Karaaslanüzümcü
* Karaciğan
* Karadona
* Karakaya
* Karakulak
* Katrancı
* Kayacıkaraplar
* Keçeciler
* Kerimdede
* Keykubat
* Kızören
* Köprübaşı
* Köseali
* Kumköprü
* Mengene
* Nakipoğlu
* Obruk
* Orhangazi
* Ortakonak
* Ovakavağı
* Sakyatan
* Saraçoğlu
* Sarıyakup
* Şatır
* Selimsultan
* Şemsitebrizi
* Sultan Mesud
* Sürüç
* Tatlıcak
* Ulubatlıhasan
* Yağlıbayat
* Yarma
* Yavşankuyu
* Yediler
* Yenice
* Yenikent
* Zincirli
Twin cities
* Novi Pazar
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, Serbia
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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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