{{Infobox Turkey place | type = metro district | name = Çumra | image_skyline = Cumra station.jpg | image_caption = Çumra railway station | image_logo = Çumra Belediyesi logo.png | image_map = Konya location Çumra.PNG | map_caption = Map showing Çumra District in Konya Province | coordinates = {{coord|37|34|30|N|32|46|29|E|type:city_region:TR|display=inline,title}} | province = Konya | leader_party = Independent | leader_name = Mehmet Aydin | leader_name1 = | area_total_km2 = 2089 | elevation_m = 1020 | population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/> | population_total = 67690 | population_as_of = 2022 | postal_code = | area_code = 0332 | website = {{url|https://www.cumra.bel.tr/}} | blank1_name = Climate | blank1_info = BSk }} '''Çumra''' is a municipality and 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 2,089 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 67,690 (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>
==Geography== The town of Çumra is at an altitude of 1,020 m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/71/Cumra.html|title=Geographical information on Çumra, Turkey|access-date=25 September 2023|author=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc}}</ref> It is an important stop on the Istanbul to Baghdad railway. It is central to the 500 km²/120,000 acre Çumra irrigation zone, in the Konya Plain, that was established in 1912.<ref>[http://www.planetware.com/turkey/cumra-tr-kon-ksurc.htm PlanetWare.com - Çumra, Turkey]</ref>
===Climate=== Çumra's climate is classified as cold semi-arid (Köppen: ''BSk'').<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}}</ref> The town experiences hot, dry summers and chilly, frequently snowy winters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı |url=https://www.mgm.gov.tr/FILES/resmi-istatistikler/parametreAnalizi/2022-ortalama-kar-ortulu.pdf |website=MGM}}</ref>{{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Çumra (1991–2020) | Jan high C = 5.4 | Feb high C = 7.8 | Mar high C = 13.3 | Apr high C = 18.5 | May high C = 23.5 | Jun high C = 27.9 | Jul high C = 31.2 | Aug high C = 31.2 | Sep high C = 27.3 | Oct high C = 21.1 | Nov high C = 13.5 | Dec high C = 7.3 | year high C = 19.1 | Jan mean C = 0.3 | Feb mean C = 1.8 | Mar mean C = 6.5 | Apr mean C = 11.4 | May mean C = 16.2 | Jun mean C = 20.3 | Jul mean C = 23.5 | Aug mean C = 23.2 | Sep mean C = 18.9 | Oct mean C = 13.2 | Nov mean C = 6.5 | Dec mean C = 2.1 | year mean C = 12.0 | Jan low C = -3.8 | Feb low C = -3.1 | Mar low C = 0.4 | Apr low C = 4.7 | May low C = 9.0 | Jun low C = 12.8 | Jul low C = 15.5 | Aug low C = 15.3 | Sep low C = 10.9 | Oct low C = 6.3 | Nov low C = 0.9 | Dec low C = -1.9 | year low C = 5.6 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 38.73 | Feb precipitation mm = 26.29 | Mar precipitation mm = 30.36 | Apr precipitation mm = 35.69 | May precipitation mm = 31.87 | Jun precipitation mm = 24.34 | Jul precipitation mm = 5.37 | Aug precipitation mm = 3.43 | Sep precipitation mm = 11.64 | Oct precipitation mm = 24.12 | Nov precipitation mm = 35.04 | Dec precipitation mm = 48.67 | year precipitation mm = 315.55
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 6.0 | Feb precipitation days = 5.1 | Mar precipitation days = 5.3 | Apr precipitation days = 5.5 | May precipitation days = 5.4 | Jun precipitation days = 4.0 | Jul precipitation days = 1.6 | Aug precipitation days = 1.6 | Sep precipitation days = 2.6 | Oct precipitation days = 4.4 | Nov precipitation days = 4.4 | Dec precipitation days = 7.1 | year precipitation days = 53.0
| Jan humidity = 76.5 | Feb humidity = 70.8 | Mar humidity = 60.7 | Apr humidity = 56.3 | May humidity = 54.5 | Jun humidity = 50.4 | Jul humidity = 44.4 | Aug humidity = 45.7 | Sep humidity = 49.1 | Oct humidity = 60.0 | Nov humidity = 69.1 | Dec humidity = 76.7 | year humidity = 59.5 | source = NOAA<ref name="WMONormals">{{cite web |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Cumra_17900.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Çumra |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = January 14, 2024}}</ref> }}
==History== Neolithic (c. 8000 BC) archaeological discoveries have been found at Çatalhöyük.<ref name="multiple">[http://www.eskinazi.com/tourguide/anatolia3.htm Eskinazi.com - Central Anatolia]</ref>
In the 12th century the Konya plain experienced its second great cultural period, when the city became the capital of the Seljuk Turks.<ref name="multiple"/>
=== Archaeological findings === In 2019, a farmer near the site of Türkmen-Karahöyük, a Bronze and Iron Age mounded settlement discovered a stone stele commissioned by Hartapu to commemorate his victory over Phrygia written in Luwian Hieroglyphics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archaeologists Have Discovered a Lost Ancient Kingdom in Turkey|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/archaeologists-have-discovered-a-lost-ancient-kingdom-in-turkey/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Vice.com|language=en}}</ref> Archaeologists from the University of Chicago joined the Konya Regional Archaeological Survey Project to excavate the stele, and the excavations of the archaeological mound at the site, which is believed to be the capital of Hartapu's as yet unnamed kingdom, will continue in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oriental Institute archaeologists help discover lost kingdom in ancient Turkey|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/oriental-institute-archaeologists-help-discover-lost-kingdom-ancient-turkey|access-date=2021-02-07|website=University of Chicago News|language=en}}</ref> In February 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery of Luwian hieroglyphs on the stone stele pulled out of the irrigation ditch next to the ancient mound of Türkmen-Karahöyük, describing the military victory of "Great King Hartapu" over an alliance of 13 kings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luwian Royal Inscription - Archaeology Magazine|url=https://archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2021/collection/turkey-luwian-inscription/top-10-discoveries-of-2020/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=www.archaeology.org}}</ref> The description has a reference to defeating the royal house of Phrygia, which included King Midas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dockrill|first=Peter|title=Archaeologists in Turkey Have Discovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History|url=https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-in-turkey-have-discovered-a-mysterious-ancient-kingdom-lost-in-history|access-date=2021-02-07|website=ScienceAlert|language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Composition== There are 53 neighbourhoods in Çumra District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * Abditolu * Adakale * Afşar * Alemdar * Alibeyhüyüğü * Alıssa * Apa * Apasaraycık * Arıkören * Avdul * Bağlar * Bakkalbaşı * Balçıkhisar * Baraj * Bardakcı * Beylerce * Büyükaşlama * Çaybaşı * Çiçek * Çukurkavak * Cumhuriyet * Dedemoğlu * Dinek * Dineksaray * Dinlendik * Doğanlı * Erentepe * Fethiye * Gökhüyük * Güvercinlik * Hürriyet * İçeriçumra * İnli * İstiklal * İzzetbey * Karkın * Küçükköy * Kuzucu * Meydan * Okçu * Seçme * Sürgüç * Tahtalı * Taşağıl * Türkmencamili * Türkmenkarahüyük * Üçhüyük * Ürünlü * Uzunkuyu * Yenidoğan * Yenimahalle * Yenisu * Yörükcamili {{div col end}}
== Industry == Konya Şeker has a sugar factory with a small coal-fired autoproducer power plant, one of the Çoban Yıldızı power stations.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.cumra.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] {{in lang|tr}} * [http://www.cumra.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Konya}} {{Authority control}}
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