Meram

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Meram

Total population

346,366

Founded

1987

Elevation1028 m

Land area1680.2 km²

Coordinates37.87°, 32.49°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Meram is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,822 km2, and its population is 348,325 (2022). Meram is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu. It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mevlüt Asar

Turkish-German translator and writer (born 1951)

Onesiphorus

Christian martyr

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Cemal Kutay

Turkish historian and writer (1909–2006)

N

Necdet Öztorun

Turkish general and statesperson (1924–2010)

Duran Çetin

Turkish writer (born 1964)

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Abdülhamit Yıldız

Turkish association football player (born 1987)

Ü

Ünal Karaman

Turkish association football player (born 1966)

İ

İbrahim Eren Akduman

Turkish association football player (born 1990)

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İsmail Güzel

Turkish wrestler (born 1986)

İ

İsmet Ergün

Turkish artist (born 1950)

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Ahmet Devret

Turkish association football player (born 1988)

Ferhat Kiraz

Turkish association football player (born 1989)

Sami Güçlü

Turkish statesperson (born 1950)

Piri Mehmed Paşa

Ottoman grand vizier (1458–1533)

Nuri Fatih Aydın

Turkish association football player (born 1995)

Saint Chariton

Christian saint

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Konya

• Kadınhanı
  30 mi away · pop. 32,284
• Güneysınır
  41.3 mi away · pop. 9,546
• Bozkır
  48.8 mi away · pop. 26,437
• Taşkent
  65.2 mi away · pop. 6,299
• Çeltik
  88.5 mi away · pop. 9,743
• Halkapınar
  97.3 mi away · pop. 4,302
• Mrzlice
  1266 mi away · pop. 52
• Bžany
  1266.9 mi away · pop. 167
• Haouch Gaby
  1632.4 mi away
• Paillote
  1633.6 mi away
• Douar Nessasseha دوار نساسحة
  1634 mi away
• Haouch Ben Said
  1637.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Meram

Search results from Open Library.