Madenşehri is a village in the central district (Karaman

Karaman

Karaman is a town in south central Turkey, located north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to 2000 census, the population of the province is 231 872 of which 132,064 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area...

) of Karaman Province

Karaman Province

Karaman Province is a province of central Turkey. It has an area of 9,163 km². It has a population of 232,633 . According to the 2000 census the population was 243,210. Population density is 27.54 people/km². The traffic code is 70. The capital is the city of Karaman...

, Turkey

Turkey

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. At 37°26′N 33°10′E it is situated in northern slopes of Karadağ

Karadag, Karaman

- Geography :The crater of the volcano which is now a lava plain, is approximatelly north of Karaman at with an altitude of . The peak of the mountain is east of this plain and its altitude is . - Geography :The crater of the volcano which is now a lava plain, is approximatelly north of...

, an extinc volcano. The distance to Karaman is 42 kilometres (26.1 mi). The population of the village is 289 as of 2010. As it is true with some other locations of Karadağ, Madenşehri is full of ruins from the early Christianity

Christianity

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