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.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude37.874444 degrees north 1 Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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is an ancient palatial structure in Konya, Turkey
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1. Konya (Wikipedia)
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As of 2024, the population of the Metropolitan Province was 2,330,024.
- 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)
View the Source 2. Konya (Wikidata)
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View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 32.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 32.25
37.75 32.25 Csb
4. GeoNames: Konya - GeoNames
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37.87135 32.48464 P PPLA TR 71 1433861 1030 Europe/Istanbul
Wikidata: Konya
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