Karaman Province

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Karaman Province Karaman ili
Province of Turkey
Location of Karaman Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	West Anatolia
Subregion	Konya
Government
• Electoral district	Karaman
• Governor	Mehmet Alpaslan Işık
Area
• Total	9,163 km2 (3,538 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	251,913
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0338
Vehicle registration	70

Karaman Province (Turkish: Karaman ili) is a province of south-central Turkey. It has an area of 9,163 km². It has a population of 232,633 (2010 est). According to the 2000 census the population was 243,210. Population density is 27.54 people/km². The traffic code is 70. The capital is the city of Karaman. Karaman was the location of the Karamanid Beylik, which came to an end in 1486.

Districts[]

Karaman province is divided into 6 districts (capital district in bold):

• Ayrancı
• Başyayla
• Ermenek
• Karaman
• Kazımkarabekir
• Sarıveliler

Towns[]

• Yeşildere
• Sudurağı
• Akçaşehir
• Taşkale

Place of interest[]

• Binbirkilise, a region around Karadağ Mountain 30 km (19 mi) north of Karaman with Byzantine church ruins.

See also[]

• Görmeli, a village on the hillside of the Taurus Mountains near Ermenek
• Karadağ Mountain, an extinct volcano north of Karaman city
• List of populated places in Karaman Province

Gallery[]

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  Görmeli, a village in Ermenek district

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  Akpınar village in Ayrancı district

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  View of Ala Bridge near Ermenek

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karaman Province.

• (in Turkish) Karaman governor's official website
  • Political map of Karaman province
• (in Turkish) Karaman municipality's official website
• (in English) Karaman weather forecast information

Coordinates: 37°01′23″N 33°05′39″E / 37.02306°N 33.09417°E / 37.02306; 33.09417

See also[]

• Karaman Eyalet

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