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Altınekin is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,312 km2, and its population is 14,289 (2022). Its original name was Zıvarık until the İnönü government changed its name in 1963, giving it the name of one of Zıvarık's plateaus, Altınekin ("golden crop"), named as such because of the land's fertility.

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Vinony's link graph records 38 inbound references to Altınekin, and connects out to Turkey, Istanbul and time zone.

The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Districts of Konya Province, Lycaonia and Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey.

Vinony links it to 20 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Altınekin
Turkey place.image_map
Konya location Altınekin.PNG
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Altınekin District in Konya Province
Turkey place.province
Konya
Turkey place.leader_party
AKP
Turkey place.leader_name
Fatih Orhan
Turkey place.area_total_km2
1312
Turkey place.elevation_m
990
Turkey place.population_total
14289
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.postal_code
42450
Turkey place.area_code
0332
Turkey place.blank1_name
Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info
Csb

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Turkey
Located in
Konya Province
Population
14548
Area
1448.6
Elevation
1037
Official website
www.altinekin.gov.tr
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urban population
14074
rural population
10638
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Encyclopedic overview

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Altınekin is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,312 km2, and its population is 14,289 (2022). Its original name was Zıvarık until the İnönü government changed its name in 1963, giving it the name of one of Zıvarık's plateaus, Altınekin ("golden crop"), named as such because of the land's fertility.

The town is near the ancient Roman city of Pegella.

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

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