Meram is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,822km2, and its population is 348,325 (2022). Meram is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu. It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.

Composition

There are 69 neighbourhoods in Meram District:

• Alakova

• Alavardı

• Ali Ulvi Kurucu

• Alpaslan

• Aşkan

• Ateşbaz-i Veli

• Ayanbey

• Aydoğdu

• Aymanas

• Bahçeşehir

• Bayat

• Boruktolu

• Botsa

• Boyalı

• Çarıklar

• Çaybaşı

• Çayırbağı

• Çomaklar

• Çomaklı

• Çukurçimen

• Dere

• Durunday

• Erenkaya

• Evliyatekke

• Gödene

• Hadimi

• Harmancık

• Hasanşeyh

• Hatıp

• Hatunsaray

• Havzan

• İkipınar

• İnlice

• Karaağaç

• Karadiğin

• Karadiğinderesi

• Karahüyük

• Kaşınhanı

• Kavak

• Kayadibi

• Kayalı

• Kayıhüyük

• Kilistra

• Kızılören

• Konevi

• Kovanağzı

• Köyçeğiz

• Kozağaç

• Kumralı

• Lalebahce

• Melikşah

• Osmangazi

• Pamukçu

• Pirebi

• Sadıklar

• Sağlık

• Sahibiata

• Sarıkız

• Sefaköy

• Uluğbey

• Uluırmak

• Uzunharmanlar

• Yaka

• Yatağan

• Yaylapınar

• Yenibahçe

• Yenişehir

• Yeşildere

• Yeşiltekke

Sister cities

Meram is twinned with:

• Akjoujt, Inchiri Region, Mauritania

Notable residents

• Ali Kireş (born 1991), footballer

• Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 1994), footballer

References

External links

• District governor's official website

• District municipality's official website