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SURFACE AREA: 38,183 km²
DISTRICTS: Konya (central), Ahırlı, Akören, Akşehir, Altınekin, Beyşehir, Bozkır, Cihanbeyli, Çeltik, Çumra, Derbent, Derebucak, Doğanhisar, Emirgazi, Ereğli, Güneysınır, Hadim, Halkapınar, Hüyük, Ilgın, Kadınhanı, Karapınar, Karatay, Kulu, Meram, Sarayönü, Selçuklu, Seydişehir, Taşkent, Tuzlukçu, Yazlıhöyük, Yunak.
INTERESTING PLACES: Çamlıköy, Yaka Monestry, Castle, Huğlu, Karaburun and Kızılören Pinegrove Forest picnic areas, Meram Vinegroves, Ilgın Thermal Springs, İvriz Rock Formations, Beyşehir Castle, Ak Monestry, Hagia Eleni Church, Sırçalı Madrasah, Tacül Vezir Madrasah and Tomb, İnce Minareli Madrasah, Ali Gav, Küçük Karatay, Karatay ve İsmail Aka (Stone Madrasah) Madrasahs, Has Bey ve Nasuh Bey Religious Schools, Seydişehir Teachers House, İplikçi Mosque and Madrasah, Sadreddin House Mosque and Tomb, Alaeddin Dursunoğlu, Selimiye, Kapı, Aziziye, Eşrefoğlu and Pir Hüseyin Mosques, Sahip Ata, Karabaş Veli and Lala Mustafa Paşa Religious Buildings, Akşehir and Ereğli Grand Mosques, Mevlana’s Tomb and Dervish Convent, Nasreddin Hoca’s Tomb, Stone Prayer House, Sırçalı Prayer House, Karatay, Tahir & Zühre, Altunkalem, Güdük Minare and Küçük Ayasofya Prayer Houses, Yusuf Ağa Library, Kubadabad Palace, Seyyid Mahmud Hayran and Şeyh Şahabeddin Corners, Kızılviran, Sultan, Zazadin, Horozlu, Kadın, Ishaklı and Kuruçeşme Inns, Rüstem Paşa Caravanserai, Konya Archaeology, Karatay China Works, Konya Stone and Wooden Works, Konya Cemetery Memorials, Atatürk’s House and Culture, Konya Ethnography, Konya Mevlana, Koyunoğlu, Akşehir Stone Works, Akşehir, Atatürk and Ethnography, Ereğli Museums.
MUSEUMS
Mevlana Museum, Archaeology Museum, Karatay China Works Museum, Sırçalı Prayer House Cemetery Memorials Museum, Stone and Wooden Works Museum, Ethnography Museum, Akşehir Museum, Ereğli Museum, Atatürk Museum, Koyunoğlu City Museum, Konya Ethnography Museum, Ereğli Museum
LOCAL DAYS OF CELEBRATION
Remembrance Day of the Saints of Hadim
Hadim / 4-12 September
Rose Festival
Konya / 12 June
Food Competition
Konya / 10-11 September
Traditional Minstrel Festival
Konya / 24-28 October
Akşehir Day of Honour
Akşehir / 24 August
Mevlana Remembrance Ceremonies
Konya / 10-17 December
Atatürk's Visit to Konya
Konya / 3 August
EXHIBITIONS
Industrial and Export Products Fair
Selçuklu / 10 December
Konya Fair
Konya / 5 August-5 September
FESTIVALS
Çakıllar Strawberry Festival
Akşehir-Çakıllar Towns / 11 June
Derebucak Traditional Oil Wrestling
Derebucak / 30 July
Oil Wrestling Festival
Konya / 30 September
CELEBRATIONS
Akşehir Nasreddin Hoca Celebrations
Akşehir / 5-10 July
Huğlu Rifle Festival
Beyşehir / 13 June
Apple and the Diluvium Festivals
Ereğli / 17-18 August
Seyyit Harun Veli Remembrances & the Economical and Improvement Festival
Seydişehir / 5-7 August
Turkey Javelin on Horseback Games
Konya / 25-26 September
Hadim Vintage Festival
Hadim / 18-20 September
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