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Konya

Western Asia

Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. Known in antiquity and the Seljuk era as Iconium, Konya became the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum and is famed today as the home of the mystic poet Rumi, whose tomb and shrine at the Mevlana Museum make the city a major destination for Sufi pilgrimage.

Facts
Population
2,330,024 1
Area (sq km)
38,873 1
Founding Year
700 BCE 2
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
1016 1
Latitude
37.874444 degrees north 1
Longitude
32.493056 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Konya (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, area_total_km2 field
    38873
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, elevation_m field
    1016
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, population_total field
    2330024
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, population_as_of field
    2024 official number of TÜIK
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field ({{coord}} template 37|52|28|N, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
  • Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field ({{coord}} template 32|29|35|E, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
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2. Konya (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    inception -700
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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Wikidata: Konya
Wikidata Q79857, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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