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Cihanbeyli

Cihanbeyli
District
Location of Cihanbeyli within Turkey.
Location of Cihanbeyli within Turkey.
Cihanbeyli is located in Turkey
Cihanbeyli
Cihanbeyli
Location of Cihanbeyli within Turkey.
Coordinates: 38°39′N 32°56′E / 38.650°N 32.933°E / 38.650; 32.933
Country  Turkey
Province Konya
Government
 • Mayor Mehmet Kale (AKP)
Area
 • District 4,447.54 km2 (1,717.20 sq mi)
Elevation 950 m (3,120 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Urban 15,966
 • District 57,243
 • District density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 42xxx
Area code(s) 0332
Licence plate 42
Climate Csb
Website www.cihanbeyli.gov.tr

Cihanbeyli (Ottoman Turkish: Esbikeşan) is a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 75,871 of which 18,306 live in the town of Cihanbeyli.

Sunni Turks form the majority in the city of Cihanbeyli, but the villages (sub-districts) of Cihanbeyli are inhabited mostly by ethnic Sunni Kurds from Reshwan and Canbeg tribes with a significant minority of Bulgarian Turks, Uzbek Tatars and Circassians.

The Cihanbeyli population has, since 1960s, emigrated to Western Europe to seek a better life and later bring their families. The Cihanbeyli community is supposed to make up for one third of the Kurdish diaspora in Denmark and smaller Cihanbeyli communities can be found in Sweden, Switzerland and Germany.

The district of Cihanbeyli considers of 45 sub-districts.

Coordinates: 38°39′29″N 32°55′41″E / 38.65806°N 32.92806°E / 38.65806; 32.92806



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