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'''Isauria''' ({{IPAc-en|aɪ|ˈ|z|ɔr|i|ə}} or {{IPAc-en|aɪ|ˈ|s|ɔr|i|ə}}; {{lang-grc|Ἰσαυρία}}), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated, district in the interior of [[Asia Minor]], of very different extent at different periods,<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Isauria |volume=14 |page=866 |first=David George |last=Hogarth |author-link=David George Hogarth |inline=1}}</ref> but generally covering what is now the district of [[Bozkır]] and its surroundings in the [[Konya Province]] of Turkey, or the core of the [[Mount Taurus|Taurus Mountains]]. In its coastal extension it bordered on [[Cilicia]].
[[File:Location of Isauria-Asia Minor Map, Classical Atlas, 1886, Keith Johnston.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Location of Isauria in Asia Minor]]