Altınekin

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Altınekin (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Konya
Coordinates : 38 ° 18 '  N , 32 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 18 '28 "  N , 32 ° 52' 7"  E
Height : 985  m
Surface: 1,449 km²
Residents : 14,528 (2013)
Population density : 10 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code : (+90) 332
Postal code : 42450
License plate : 42
Structure and administration (status: 2014)
Mayor : Muharrem Dere ( AKP )
Altınekin County
Residents : 14,528 (2013)
Surface: 1,449 km²
Population density : 10 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Haydar Köktaş
Template: Infobox location in Turkey / maintenance / district

Altınekin is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Konya . Since a regional reform in 2014, the municipality ( Belediye ) is congruent with the district (İlçe). All previous villages ( köy ) are now districts ( Mahalle ) of the municipality. The city is located about 60 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Konya .

The district is located in the northern center of the province. It borders on Karatay in the southeast , Selçuklu in the southwest , Sarayönü in the west, Cihanbeyli in the north and the Aksaray province in the east . From south to north, the D-715 trunk road crosses the district eight kilometers west of the main town, which leads from Konya past Tuz Gölü to European route 80 . In the south of the district are the mountains Kağsak Tepesi with 1378 meters and, on the border to Selçuklu, the Nuraz Dağı with 1566 meters, north of the city of Büyükhüyüklü Tepe with 1142 meters. The Cihanbeyli Platosu plateau begins in the northwest .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from March 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed April 1, 2014