Cihanbeyli is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 3,702 km2, and its population is 50,677 (2022). According to a 2017 estimate by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education, Kurds make up at least 50% of the population of Cihanbeyli.
History Cihanbeyli was part of Pitassa in antiquity.
Composition There are 47 neighbourhoods in Cihanbeyli District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Ağabeyli Ahirigüzel Atçeken Bahçelievler Beyliova Böğrüdelik Bulduk Büyükbeşkavak Çimen Çölyaylası Cumhuriyet Damlakuyu Gemecik Göktepe Gölyazı Günyüzü Hodoğlu İnsuyu Kale Kandil Karabağ Karatepe Karşıyaka Kayı Kelhasan Kırkışla Kocatepe Köprübaşı Korkmazlar Küçükbeşkavak Kuşca Kütükuşağı Mutlukonak Pınarbaşı Sağlık Sığırcık Taşpınar Tüfekçipınarı Turanlar Üzerliktepe Uzuncayayla Yapalı Yeniceoba Yeniyayla Yeşilöz Yünlükuyu Zaferiye
Climate Cihanbeyli's climate is classified as cold semi-arid (Köppen: BSk). The town experiences hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.
Demography
Cihanbeyli district has a significant Kurdish population from various Kurdish tribes.
Name EthnicityCihanbeyliKurdish and others Beyliova Kurdish Böğrüdelik Siberian TatarVideo about Siberian Tatar community in Turkey and Kurdish Bulduk Kurdish Büyükbeşkavak Kurdish Çimen Kurdish Çöl Kurdish Gölyazı Kurdish Günyüzü Kurdish Hodoğlu Turkish Kandil Kurdish Kelhasan Kurdish Kırkışla Kurdish Korkmazlar Kurdish Kuşça Kurdish Küçükbeşkavak Kurdish Kütükuşağı Kurdish Sağlık Kurdish Taşpınar Kurdish and Turkish Turanlar Kurdish Yapalı Kurdish Yeniceoba Kurdish Yeşildere Kurdish Yünlükuyu Kurdish Zaferiye Kurdish
Notable people Eyüp Can (boxer) (1964*), Boxer Leyla Güven (1964*), Kurdish Politician
References
External links District governor's official website District municipality's official website