Meram

Meram
Meram
District
	A picnic area in Meram
	Location of Meram within Turkey.
	Meram Location of Meram within Turkey.
	Coordinates: 37°50′11″N 32°26′18″E / 37.83639°N 32.43833°ECoordinates: 37°50′11″N 32°26′18″E / 37.83639°N 32.43833°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Konya
Government
• Mayor	Serdar Kalaycı (AKP)
Area
• District	1,680.21 km2 (648.73 sq mi)
Elevation	1,037 m (3,402 ft)
Population (2012)
• Urban	311,312
• District	326,444
• District density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	42xxx
Area code(s)	0332
Licence plate	42
Website	www.konya.gov.tr

Meram is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. Meram is one of the central districts of Konya along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 267,878 of which 231,386 live in the urban center of Meram.^[3]^[4]

Sister cities[]

Meram is twinned with:

Akjoujt, Inchiri Region, Mauritania^[5]

Notable residents[]

Ali Kireş (born 1991), footballer

Notes[]

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
^ Turkish Statistical Institute. "Census 2000, Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey" (in Turkish). Archived from the original (XLS) on 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
^ GeoHive. "Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
^ Farhaoui, Fouad. "Two Powers Rising in Mauritania: Turkey and China." Mauritania and Newly Emerging Economies in Africa Turkey and China. N.p.: International Strategic Research Organization, 2013. 46. USAK Report. Web.

References[]

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Meram, Turkey". Retrieved 2008-03-26.
Turkish Ministry of Education. "General information on Meram, Turkey" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2008-03-26.

External links[]

District governor's official website (in Turkish)
District municipality's official website (in Turkish)

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

[die-3] Turkish Statistical Institute. "Census 2000, Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey" (in Turkish). Archived from the original (XLS) on 2007-07-22. Retrieved 2008-03-26.

[4] GeoHive. "Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-03-26.

[5] Farhaoui, Fouad. "Two Powers Rising in Mauritania: Turkey and China." Mauritania and Newly Emerging Economies in Africa Turkey and China. N.p.: International Strategic Research Organization, 2013. 46. USAK Report. Web.

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