Konya
metropolitan municipality in Central Anatolia, Turkey
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Summary
Konya is a city[1]. Konya ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,706 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: League of Historical Cities[3], Organization of World Heritage Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Konya Province[5]
- Country: Turkey[6]
- Instance of: big city[7], metropolitan municipality[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Khoy[9], Qom[10], Ganja[11], Multan[12], Okayama[13], Sanaa[14], Sarajevo[15], Sylhet[16], Tabriz[17], Tetovo[18], Verona[19], Xi'an[20], Baku[21], Al Qadarif[22]
- Postal code: 42 000[23]
- Commons category: Konya[24]
- Local dialing code: 332[25]
- Inception: 700 BC[26]
- Located in/on physical feature: Central Anatolia Region[27]
- Official website: https://www.konya.bel.tr[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Konya[29]
- Commons gallery: Konya[30]
- Population: 2,205,609[31], 2,232,374[32]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[36], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Pauly–Wissowa[41], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[42]
- Capital of: Konya Province[43]
- Heritage designation: Tentative World Heritage Site[44]
- Official name: Konya[45]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Konya[46]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Konya[47]
- Native label: Konya[48]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Konya[49]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Konya[50]
- Different from: Konya Province[51]
- Elevation above sea level: 1019 m[52]
Why It Matters
Konya has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Konya is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]