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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = metro district
| name                 = Meram
| image_skyline        = Merammm.jpg
| image_caption        = A picnic area in Meram
| image_map            = Konya location Meram.PNG
| map_caption          = Map showing Meram District in Konya Province
| coordinates          = {{coord|37|50|11|N|32|26|18|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Konya
| leader_party         = AKP
| leader_name          = Mustafa Kavuş
| leader_name1         = 
| area_total_km2       = 1822
| elevation_m          = 1020
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 348325
| population_as_of     = 2022
| postal_code          = 
| area_code            = 0332
| website              = {{url|https://www.meram.bel.tr/}}
}}
'''Meram''' is a municipality and [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Konya Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.</ref> Its area is 1,822&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=19 September 2023}}</ref> and its population is 348,325 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=19 September 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> Meram is one of the central districts of [[Konya]], along with the districts of [[Karatay, Konya|Karatay]] and [[Selçuklu]]. It covers the southwestern part of the agglomeration of Konya and the adjacent countryside.

==Composition==
There are 69 [[mahalle|neighbourhoods]] in Meram District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.</ref>
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* 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, Meram|Sağlık]]
* Sahibiata
* Sarıkız
* Sefaköy
* Uluğbey
* Uluırmak
* Uzunharmanlar
* Yaka
* Yatağan
* Yaylapınar
* Yenibahçe
* Yenişehir
* Yeşildere
* Yeşiltekke
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==Sister cities==
Meram is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|Mauritania}} [[Akjoujt]], [[Inchiri Region]], [[Mauritania]]<ref>Farhaoui, Fouad. "Two Powers Rising in Mauritania: Turkey and China." Mauritania and Newly Emerging Economies in Africa Turkey and China. N.p.: International Strategic Research Organization, 2013. 46. USAK Report. Web.</ref>

==Notable residents==
*[[Ali Kireş]] (born 1991), footballer
* [[Abdülkerim Bardakcı]] (born 1994), footballer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.meram.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
* [http://www.meram.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
* {{cite web|url=http://meram.meb.gov.tr/index-dosyalar/meram.asp |title=General information on Meram, Turkey |author=Turkish Ministry of Education |language=Turkish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120195140/http://meram.meb.gov.tr/index-dosyalar/meram.asp |archive-date=2008-01-20 |url-status=dead }}

{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Konya}}
{{Meram District}}

[[Category:Meram District| ]]
[[Category:Populated places in Konya Province]]
[[Category:Districts of Konya Province]]
[[Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey]]
[[Category:Lycaonia]]


{{Konya-geo-stub}}