Güneysınır

Güneysınır

Güneysınır is a district of Konya province. Located 75 km away from Konya, 11 km west of the Konya-Karaman D715 highway, the two settlements forming the district centre were villages known as Karasınır and Elmasun during the Ottoman period. Records related to both villages can be found in the Accounting Book dated 1531 and in the survey books dated 1584. Elmasun is also shown on various maps prepared by Western geographers in the 19th century, such as the map of Asia Minor published by Tallis in 1851. Both villages were first connected to Bozkır district during the republican period, but in 1955 they were connected to Çumra district. On 9 May 1990, with the merger of Güneybağ and Karasınır towns and Emirhan village, it became a district by taking the name of "Güneysınır". The district gained its present appearance when the administrative buildings were moved to the area between Karasınır and Güneybağ neighbourhoods.