Karaman (province)

Karaman
Province number:	70
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	37 ° 1 ′  N , 33 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 1 ′  N , 33 ° 6 ′  E
Provincial capital:	Karaman (city)
Region:	Central Anatolia
Surface:	8,678 km²
Population:	251,913 (2018)
Population density:	29 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Fahri Meral
Seats in Parliament:	2
Structural
Telephone code:	0338
Features :	70
Website
www.karaman.gov.tr (Turkish)

Karaman is a province of Turkey , with the capital of the same name Karaman and the district that occupies almost half of the province's territory. In addition, 77% of the provincial population is concentrated in this county.

The province, created in 1989, borders the province of Antalya in the southwest , Mersin in the south and Konya in the north .

population

At the 2011 census, the average age in the province was 30.1 years (national average: 29.6), with the female population being 0.9 years older than the male population (30.6-29.6).

Results of the population extrapolation

The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and the sex ratio (are Sex Ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census found 234,441 inhabitants, around 8,800 fewer than in the 2000 census.

year	Population at the end of the year			Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
	total	male	Female
2018	251.913	125.992	125,921	2.12	999	67
2017	246,672	123,370	123.302	0.43	999
2016	245.610	122,153	123.457	1.41	1011	66
2015	242.196	120,940	121,256	0.76	1003
2014	240,362	120,067	120,295	1.02	1002
2013	237.939	118,380	119,559	1.07	1010
2012	235.424	116,848	118,576	0.61	1015
2011	234.005	116,562	117,443	0.59	1008
2010	232,633	115,432	117.201	0.33	1015
2009	231,872	115.069	116,803	0.75	1015
2008	230.145	114.230	115.915	1.81	1015
2007	226.049	111,771	114.278	-	1022
2000 1	243.210	120,957	122,253		1011	68

¹ 2000 census

Population of the counties

The values ​​from 1990 and 2000 are based on the population censuses, the remaining (2007-2018) are population figures at the end of the year, determined by updating the population register introduced in 2007 (ADNKS)

district	1990	2000	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Ayrancı	14,600	13,212	10,594	10.199	9,869	9,443	9,186	9,033	8,934	8,713	8,497	8,345	8,157	8,338
Basyayla	12,446	8,155	5,465	5,087	4,858	4,665	4,497	4,208	4.102	3,861	3,706	3,662	3,651	3,717
Ermenek	34,443	42,643	31,182	31,341	30,897	30,585	30,361	30,057	30,064	29,957	29,558	29,475	28,903	28,832
Merkez	125,927	152,450	160.179	164.207	168.048	170.240	172.854	175.397	177,685	181.383	184,493	188.221	190.366	194.018
Kazımkarabekir	12,879	5,442	4,349	4,784	4,608	4,414	4,324	4,266	4,278	4,302	4,320	4,479	4,344	4,407
Sarıveliler	17,241	21.308	14,280	14,527	13,592	13,286	12,783	12,463	12,876	12,146	11,622	11,428	11,251	12,601
Total province	217,536	243.210	226.049	230.145	231,872	232,633	234.005	235.424	237.939	240,362	242.196	245.610	246,672	251.913

Administrative division

Counties

The province is divided into six districts (also districts, İlçe ). There are also eleven parishes and 158 villages.

district	Area 1 (km²)	Population (2018) 2		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio 3	Founding date 4.5
		District ( İlçe )	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	City quarter (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)
Ayrancı	2,245	8,338	2.411	1	4th	22nd	3.7	28.92	994	1987
Basyayla	141	3,717	1,959	1	5	4th	26.4	52.70	952	1990
Ermenek	1,242	28,832	11,274	3	32	26th	23.2	65.34	967
Karaman Merkez	4.036	194.018	161,946	3	64	93	48.1	85.80	1008	1989
Kazımkarabekir	423	4,407	3,325	1	8th	6th	10.4	75.45	1154	1989
Sarıveliler	590	12,601	5,749	2	19th	7th	21.4	66.81	921	1990
PROVINCE of Karaman	8,678	251.913		11	132	158	29.0	79.96	999

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¹ Area 2014

² Population update as of December 31, 2018

³ Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)

^4th Ministry of Interior PDF

⁵Counties that were not formed until after Turkey was founded (1923).

Cities

There are eleven cities ( Belediye ) in the province . The following table shows the population at the end of 2017 and the corresponding counties as well as the number of city quarters ( Mahalle ). The Turkish statistics rarely list the population of the cities (Belediye), but rather that of the city quarters (Mahalle). Cities in bold are the main towns ( Merkez ) of the districts.

city	in the district	Number of Belediye	Population 2018
Ayrancı	Ayrancı	4th	2.411
Basyayla	Basyayla	5	1,959
Ermenek	Ermenek	16	11,274
Güneyyurt	Ermenek	8th	5,051
Kazancı	Ermenek	8th	2,513
Kazımkarabekir	Kazımkarabekir	8th	3,325

city	in the district	Number of Belediye	Population 2018
Akçaşehir	Merkez	4th	2,261
Karaman	Merkez	56	161,946
Sudurağı	Merkez	3	2,260
Goktepe	Sarıveliler	8th	2,670
Sarıveliler	Sarıveliler	10	5,749

Villages

The 158 villages have a total of 50,494 inhabitants, i.e. an average of 320 inhabitants per village. Most of the villages are located in the central district ( Merkez ), namely 93. They have a total of 27,551 inhabitants, which corresponds to a share of 54.5 percent. Of all the villages in the province, seven have more than 1,000 inhabitants. Kılbasan (1,646), Çakırbağ (1,596), Dumlugöze (1,558) and Civler (1,276 pop.) Are the largest of these.

history

• 8000-5500 BC BC - Human settlements at Can Hasan Höyük during the Mesolithic
• to 4th century BC BC - settlement by Hittites
• 4th century BC BC - Persian Empire
• until 1100 - Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire
• 11th century - Seljuk Empire
• 1256 - Karamanoğulları rule , since 1306 Sultanate of Karaman (Konya)
• 1466 - Ottoman Empire
• 1919 - Wars of Liberation against the occupiers of Turkey (Delibaş Ayaklanmaları in Karaman)
• 1923 - founding of Turkey; Karaman becomes part of Konya Province
• 1987 - Karaman becomes the 70th province of Turkey

Attractions

The forest recreation site of Gökçe, the Maraspoli cave, the citadel of Karaman , Ermenek (Firan) and Mennan, the madrasas of Hatuniye, Emir Musa and Ibrahim Bey with soup kitchens and the Tol madrasa, the great mosques (ulu cami) of Gaferyad ( ermenek, Kazımkarabekir) and Yollarbaşı (Ilisra), mosques of Haji Beyler, Aktekke (Valid Sultan) Arapzade, Paschal, Dikbasan (Fasih) Akçaşehir, Sipas and Mimar Emir Riistem Paschal, the Yunus-Emre Mosque and the Derwischkloster , small mosque of Şeyh Çelebi and Akça Mescit, the poor kitchen and Türbe of Karamanoğlu, the Bıçakçı Bridge and the Ala Bridge, the fountain with seven tubes, the Karaman Museum , the Can Hasan Höyük Center - Alçatıköyü, Binbirkilise am Karadağ with the centers Madenşehir and Üçkuyu as well as the Hittite rock inscriptions of Karadağ and Kızıldağ .

Local festivals

in Karaman:

• Culture and Art Week - 5th – 12th May
• Mader'i Mevlana Memorial Day - December 10th
• Language Celebration Ceremonies - May 13th
• Provincial Celebration Ceremonies - June 21

in Kazım-Karabekir:

• General Kâzım Karabekir Memorial Day - January 26th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on April 23, 2019
2. ↑ Website of the Karaman Province (Governor Portrait)
3. ↑ 1990 census (Turkish)
4. ↑ 2000 census (Turkish)
5. ↑ MDS / Central Dissemination System from TÜIK (Eng./Turk.)
6. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF; 0.25 MB).
7. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on April 23, 2019.
8. ↑ illeridaresi.gov.tr (PDF; 1.4 MB).
9. ↑ ^{a b} Central Dissemination System from TÜIK Population of municipalities, villages and quarters , accessed on October 25, 2018