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Wikipedia / Ilgın

Ilgın is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,636km2, and its population is 53,489 (2022). Its elevation is .

Etymology

The name ılgın comes from the former Byzantine name of the city, Lageina.

Composition

There are 56 neighbourhoods in Ilgın District:

  • Ağalar

  • Argıthanı

  • Avdan

  • Ayvatdede

  • Balkı

  • Barakmuslu

  • Behlülbey

  • Belekler

  • Beykonak

  • Boğazkent

  • Bulcuk

  • Büyükoba

  • Camiatik

  • Çatak

  • Çavuşçugöl

  • Çiğil

  • Çobankaya

  • Çömlekçi

  • Dereköy

  • Dığrak

  • Düğer

  • Eldeş

  • Esentepe

  • Fahrettin Altay

  • Fatih

  • Geçitköy

  • Gedikören

  • Gökbudak

  • Gökçeyurt

  • Gölyaka

  • Göstere

  • Güneypınar

  • Harmanyazı

  • İhsaniye

  • Ilıca

  • İstasyon

  • Kaleköy

  • Kapaklı

  • Karaköy

  • Mahmuthisar

  • Mecidiye

  • Milli Egemenlik

  • Misafirli

  • Olukpınar

  • Orhaniye

  • Ormanözü

  • Sadıkköy

  • Sahip Ata

  • Sebiller

  • Şıhbedrettin

  • Şıhcarullah

  • Tekeler

  • Ucarı

  • Yorazlar

  • Yukarıçiğil

  • Zaferiye

Climate

Ilgın has a transitional dry-summer humid continental climate and Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Dsa/Csa), with hot, dry summers and cold winters.

Notable natives

Famous Turkish folk musician and novelist Zülfü Livaneli was born in Ilgın.

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