Karaman Province

Not to be confused with Karaman Eyalet.

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	Alpaslan Işık
Area
• Total	9,163 km2 (3,538 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• 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

External links

• (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

See also

• Karaman Eyalet