Meram is a municipality and
district
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of
Konya Province
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,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,822 km
2, and its population is 348,325 (2022).
Meram is one of the central districts of
Konya
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, along with the districts of
Karatay and
Selçuklu. It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.
Composition
There are 69
neighbourhoods in Meram District:
* Alakova
* Alavardı
* Ali Ulvi Kurucu
* Alpaslan
* AÅŸkan
* AteÅŸbaz-i Veli
* Ayanbey
* AydoÄŸdu
* Aymanas
* Bahçeşehir
* Bayat
* Boruktolu
* Botsa
* Boyalı
* Çarıklar
* Çaybaşı
* Çayırbağı
* Çomaklar
* Çomaklı
* Çukurçimen
* Dere
* Durunday
* Erenkaya
* Evliyatekke
* Gödene
* Hadimi
* Harmancık
* HasanÅŸeyh
* Hatıp
*
Hatunsaray
* Havzan
* İkipınar
*
Ä°nlice
* Karaağaç
* KaradiÄŸin
* KaradiÄŸinderesi
* Karahüyük
* Kaşınhanı
* Kavak
* Kayadibi
* Kayalı
* Kayıhüyük
* Kilistra
* Kızılören
* Konevi
* Kovanağzı
* Köyçeğiz
* Kozağaç
* Kumralı
* Lalebahce
* MelikÅŸah
* Osmangazi
* Pamukçu
* Pirebi
* Sadıklar
*
Sağlık
* Sahibiata
* Sarıkız
* Sefaköy
* UluÄŸbey
* Uluırmak
* Uzunharmanlar
* Yaka
* YataÄŸan
* Yaylapınar
* Yenibahçe
* YeniÅŸehir
* YeÅŸildere
* YeÅŸiltekke
Sister cities
Meram is
twinned with:
*
Akjoujt,
Inchiri Region,
Mauritania
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Notable residents
*
Ali KireÅŸ (born 1991), footballer
*
Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 1994), footballer
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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