Selçuklu 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 1,931 km
2, and its population is 690,667 (2022).
Selçuklu 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
Karatay and
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 ...
. It covers the northwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.
Flora
Between 2004 and 2006, a study was carried out of plants in the district in the area of the Başarakavak and Tatköy neighborhoods, and the Altınapa Dam. Two species are listed as 'Endangered' according to the
IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological ...
: ''
Clypeola ciliata'' (Boiss) and ''
Silene lycaonica'' (Chowdh). Also listed as 'Vulnerable' were ''
Iris stenophylla
''Iris stenophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Iris'', it is also in the subgenus ''Scorpiris''. It is a bulbous perennial.
Description
''Iris stenophylla'' has a very similar form to '' Iris persica''. But with different ...
'' and ''
Centaurea bourgaei'' (Boiss).
Places to see
The
Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden __NOTOC__
Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden (), opened in 2015, is a butterfly house located in Selçuklu district of Konya Province, central Turkey.
History and design
The butterfly house was built by the Municipality of Selçuklu next to the S ...
, opened in 2015, is a major tourist attraction.
Composition
There are 73
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 Selçuklu District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Akademi
* Akıncılar
* Akpınar
* Akşemsettin
* Ardıçlı
* Aşağıpınarbaşı-Bucak
* Aydınlıkevler
* Bağrıkurt
* Başarakavak
* Bedir
* Beyhekim
* Biçer
* Bilecik
* Binkonutlar
* Bosnahersek
* Buhara
* Büyükkayacık
* Çaldere
* Çaltı
* Çandır
* Cumhuriyet
* Dağdere
* Dokuz
* Dumlupınar
* Eğribayat
* Erenköy
* Esenler
* Fatih
* Ferhuniye
* Feritpaşa
* Güvenç
* Hacıkaymak
* Hanaybaşı
* Hocacihan
* Horozluhan
* Hüsamettinçelebi
* İhsaniye
* Işıklar
* Kaleköy
* Karaömerler
* Kervan
* Kılınçaslan
* Kınık
* Kızılcakuyu
* Kosova
* Küçükmuhsine
* Malazgirt
* Mehmet Akif
* Merkez
* Meydanköy
* Musalla Bağları
* Nişantaş
* Parsana
* Sakarya
* Sancak
* Sarayköy
* Sarıcalar
* Şeker
* Selahaddini Eyyubi
* Selahattin
* Selçuk
* Şeyhşamil
* Sille
* Sille Ak
* Sızma
Sızma is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Selçuklu, Konya Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,260 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde'').
Geography
Sızma is a few kilometers west of the main r ...
* Sulutaş
* Tatköy
* Tepekent
* Tömek
* Ulumuhsine
* Yazıbelen
* Yazır
* Yukarıpınarbaşı
Gallery
Altınapa-Stausee westlich von Konya mit Ruine (siehe roten Pfeil).jpg, Altınapa Reservoir, western are of Selçuklu with the Altınapa Han (see red arrow)
Dokuzun Hanı; Blick nach Norden; Selçuklu, Konya.jpg, Dokuzun Hanı; view to the nord.
Horuzlu Han in Konya, Ansicht von Süd.jpg, Entrance of Horuzlu Han; view from the south.
Caravanserail 910.jpg, Zazadin Han near Tömek.
Konya; Alâeddin Camii; 1155-1221.jpg, Alâeddin Mosque; built from 1155 to 1221.
Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2826.jpg, Karatay Medresesi Museum.
Kule Site.jpg, The Selçuklu Kulesi (Tower)
References
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
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Populated places in Konya Province
Districts of Konya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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