Karaman Province is a province

Provinces of Turkey

Turkey is divided into 81 provinces, called il in Turkish .A province is administered by an appointed governor , and was formerly termed a "governorate" ....

 of central Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. It has an area of 9,163 km². It has a population of 232,633 (2010 est). According to the 2000 census the population was 243,210. Population density is 27.54 people/km². The traffic code is 70. The capital is the city of Karaman

Karaman

Karaman is a town in south central Turkey, located north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to 2000 census, the population of the province is 231 872 of which 132,064 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area...

. Karaman was the location of the Karamanid emirate

Emirate

An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir.-Etymology:Etymologically emirate or amirate is the quality, dignity, office or territorial competence of any emir ....

, which came to an end in 1486.

Districts

Karaman province is divided into 6 districts

Districts of Turkey

The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 957 districts . In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza....

 (capital district in bold):

• Ayrancı
  Ayranci
  Ayrancı is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 13,212 of which 3,153 live in the town of Ayrancı.-History:...
  
  
• Başyayla
  Basyayla
  Başyayla is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 8,155 of which 5,514 live in the town of Başyayla.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Ermenek
  Ermenek
  Ermenek is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 42,643 of which 15,509 live in the town of Ermenek.-Name:...
  
  
• Karaman
  Karaman
  Karaman is a town in south central Turkey, located north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to 2000 census, the population of the province is 231 872 of which 132,064 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area...
  
  
• Kazımkarabekir
  Kazimkarabekir
  Kazımkarabekir is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 5,442 of which 3,634 live in the town of Kazımkarabekir.-External links:*...
  
  
• Sarıveliler
  Sariveliler
  Sarıveliler is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 21,308 of which 6,718 live in the town of Sarıveliler.-History:...
  
  

See also

• Görmeli
  Görmeli
  Görmeli is a village on the hillside of Taurus mountains near Ermenek, Karaman province, Turkey.-Geography:Görmeli is located in the Karaman Region’s Taurus Mountains range, on the slopes of Taurus mountains. It is on the south-east side of Ermenek town, in the Karaman province. It is 18 km....
  
  , a village on the hillside of Taurus Mountains
  Taurus Mountains
  Taurus Mountains are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, dividing the Mediterranean coastal region of southern Turkey from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir in the west to the upper reaches of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers in the east...
  
   near Ermenek.
• Karadag, Karaman
  Karadag, Karaman
  - Geography :The crater of the volcano which is now a lava plain, is approximatelly north of Karaman at with an altitude of . The peak of the mountain is east of this plain and its altitude is . - Geography :The crater of the volcano which is now a lava plain, is approximatelly north of...
  
  , a volcano north of Karaman city.
• List of populated places in Karaman Province

External links

Karaman governor's official website

• • Political map of Karaman province Karaman municipality's official website Karaman weather forecast information

See also

• Karaman Province, Ottoman Empire
  Karaman Province, Ottoman Empire
  Karaman Eyalet was one of the subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was .-Government:Organisation of the eyalet in the 17th century, from the accounts of Evliya Çelebi: "This province has a Defterdar of the treasury, and of the feuds, an Emin of the Defter and of...