Selçuklu
District and municipality in Konya, Turkey
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Map showing Selçuklu District in Konya Province
37°52′53″N 32°29′32″E / 37.88139°N 32.49222°E / 37.88139; 32.49222
(2022)[1]
Selçuklu is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,931 km2,[3] and its population is 690,667 (2022).[1] Selçuklu is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Meram. It covers the northwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.
Flora
Between 2004 and 2006, a study was carried out of plants in the district in the area of the Başarakavak and Tatköy neighborhoods, and the Altınapa Dam. Two species are listed as 'Endangered' according to the IUCN Red List: Clypeola ciliata (Boiss) and Silene lycaonica (Chowdh). Also listed as 'Vulnerable' were Iris stenophylla and Centaurea bourgaei (Boiss).[4][5]
Places to see
The Konya Tropical Butterfly Garden, opened in 2015, is a major tourist attraction.[6]
Composition
There are 73 neighbourhoods in Selçuklu District:[7]
- Akademi
- Akıncılar
- Akpınar
- Akşemsettin
- Ardıçlı
- Aşağıpınarbaşı-Bucak
- Aydınlıkevler
- Bağrıkurt
- Başarakavak
- Bedir
- Beyhekim
- Biçer
- Bilecik
- Binkonutlar
- Bosnahersek
- Buhara
- Büyükkayacık
- Çaldere
- Çaltı
- Çandır
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağdere
- Dokuz
- Dumlupınar
- Eğribayat
- Erenköy
- Esenler
- Fatih
- Ferhuniye
- Feritpaşa
- Güvenç
- Hacıkaymak
- Hanaybaşı
- Hocacihan
- Horozluhan
- Hüsamettinçelebi
- İhsaniye
- Işıklar
- Kaleköy
- Karaömerler
- Kervan
- Kılınçaslan
- Kınık
- Kızılcakuyu
- Kosova
- Küçükmuhsine
- Malazgirt
- Mehmet Akif
- Merkez
- Meydanköy
- Musalla Bağları
- Nişantaş
- Parsana
- Sakarya
- Sancak
- Sarayköy
- Sarıcalar
- Şeker
- Selahaddini Eyyubi
- Selahattin
- Selçuk
- Şeyhşamil
- Sille
- Sille Ak
- Sızma
- Sulutaş
- Tatköy
- Tepekent
- Tömek
- Ulumuhsine
- Yazıbelen
- Yazır
- Yukarıpınarbaşı
Gallery
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Altınapa Reservoir, western are of Selçuklu with the Altınapa Han (see red arrow) -
Dokuzun Hanı; view to the nord. -
Entrance of Horuzlu Han; view from the south. -
Zazadin Han near Tömek. -
Alâeddin Mosque; built from 1155 to 1221. -
Karatay Medresesi Museum. -
The Selçuklu Kulesi (Tower)
References
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Stephan Robbert Gradstein (editor)Programme and Abstracts: Göttingen, 7–11 April 2008 at Google Books
- ^ Yildiztugay, Evren; Bağci, Yavuz; Küçüködük, Mustafa. "Endemic plants of Başarakavak and environs (Konya, Turkey)" (pdf). botanicaserbica.bio.bg.ac.rs (Botanica Serbia). Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Başbakan Ahmet Davutoğlu Tropikal Kelebek Bahçesi'ni açtı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 4 July 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
External links
- District governor's official website (in Turkish)
- District municipality's official website (in Turkish)
- Turkish Ministry of Education. "Statistical information on Selçuklu, Turkey" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.
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Selçuklu in Konya Province of Turkey
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