Akşehir

Also known as Akshehir

Akşehir is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 93,965 (2022). It was known historically as Philomelium.

Key facts

Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Akşehir
Turkey place.image_skyline: Akşehir Ethnography Museum.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Akşehir Ethnography Museum
Turkey place.image_map: Konya location Akşehir.PNG
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Akşehir District in Konya Province
Turkey place.province: Konya
Turkey place.leader_party: CHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Ahmet Nuri Köksal
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 895
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1025
Turkey place.population_total: 93719
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2024
Turkey place.area_code: 0332
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Csa

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: Turkey
Located in: Konya Province
Population: 93233
Elevation: 1025
Time zone: time in Turkey
Official website: www.aksehir.gov.tr
Image: Akşehir Ethnography Museum.jpg
Licence plate code: 42

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Commons category: Akşehir
postal code: 42550–42560
urban population: 45320
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
rural population: 51202
different from: Lake Akşehir
name in kana: アクシェヒル

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Akşehir is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is , and its population is 93,965 (2022). It was known historically as Philomelium.

The town is situated at the edge of a fertile plain, on the north side of the Sultan Mountains. Its elevation is .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akşehir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.