Karaman Province

Karaman Province Karaman ili
Province
Yaylapazarı, Ermenek
Location of the province within Turkey
Country	Turkey
Seat	Karaman
Government
• Governor	Hüseyin Engin Sarıibrahim
Area	8,678 km2 (3,351 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	260,838
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Area code	0338
Website	www.karaman.gov.tr

Karaman Province (Turkish: Karaman ili) is a province of south-central Turkey. Its area is 8,678 km²,^[2] and its population is 260,838 (2022).^[1] According to the 2000 census, the population was 243,210. The population density is 30 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 and Towns

Karaman Province is divided into 6 districts:

• Ayrancı
• Başyayla
• Ermenek
• Karaman
• Kazımkarabekir
• Sarıveliler

Towns include Sudurağı, Akçaşehir, and Güneyyurt.

Place of interest

• Binbirkilise, a region around Mount Karadağ 30 km (19 mi) north of Karaman with Byzantine church ruins.

Churches

• Çeşmeli Kilise (Surp Asvadzadzin Ermeni Kilisesi)
• Fisandon Church
• Binbir Church

See also

• Görmeli, a village on the hillside of the Taurus Mountains near Ermenek
• Mount Karadağ, an extinct volcano north of Karaman city
• List of populated places in Karaman Province

Gallery

• 
  Mount Karadağ
• 
  Street in Karaman
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  Taşeli-Plateau, Ermenek River
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  Yeşildere, Akköprü
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  Yeşildere rock formation
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  Ermenek old houses
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  Ruins of Binbirkilise, meaning "Thousand and One Churches" in Üçkuyu
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  Yaylapazarı, Ermenek
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  Ermenek Dam
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  Houses in Taşkale
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  Storage caves of Taşkale are probably of ancient origin, but some may have been dug into the rock face in the post-Byzantine period.

References

External links

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