Kulu is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,234 km2, and its population is 51,612 (2022). Kulu is situated approximately 110 km from Ankara and 150 km from the city of Konya. With a substantial Swedish-Turkish community, not few of whom are from this region, Kulu hosts around 100,000 visitors from Europe in the summer. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt visited the city once.
History
The modern Kulu district lies on the ancient Galatian city of Drya.
Composition
There are 46 neighbourhoods in Kulu District:
- Acıkuyu
- Ağılbaşı
- Alparslan
- Altılar
- Arşıncı
- Bahadırlı
- Beşkardeş
- Bozan
- Burunağıl
- Camikebir
- Canımana
- Celep
- Cumhuriyet
- Değirmenözü
- Dinek
- Dipdede
- Doğutepe
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet
- Fevziye
- Gökler
- Güzelyayla
- Hisarköy
- Karacadağ
- Karacadere
- Karapınar
- Karşıyaka
- Kemaliye
- Kırkkuyu
- Kırkpınar
- Kömüşini
- Köşker
- Köstengil
- Kozanlı
- Ömeranlı
- Sarıyayla
- Şerefli
- Seyitahmetli
- Soğukkuyu
- Tavlıören
- Tuzyaka
- Yaraşlı
- Yazıçayırı
- Yenimahalle
- Yeşiltepe
- Yeşilyurt
- Zincirlikuyu
Climate
Kulu has a semi-arid climate with hot and dry summers and cold and snowy winters.