Akçadağ
Akçadağ | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing Akçadağ District in Malatya Province | |
  Akçadağ Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°20′42″N 37°58′07″E / 38.34500°N 37.96861°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Malatya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ali Kazgan (AKP) |
Area | 1,118 km2 (432 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 27,872 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 44600 |
| Area code | 0422 |
| Website | www |
Akçadağ (Kurdish: Arxa)[2] is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,118 km2,[4] and its population is 27,872 (2022).[1] The mayor is Ali Kazgan,[5] and the kaymakam (district governor) is Adem Topaca.[6]
Geography
[edit]Akçadağ is at an altitude of 1,050 m (3,440 ft) above sea level and the district is considered mountainous.
History
[edit]In Roman times, Akçadağ was known as Arca (lat) and became in the times of emperor Hadrian or Marcus Aurelius a colonia. The town became later a bishopric (suffragan of the diocese of Melitene), whose bishops participated in the councils of 431, 451, 553 and 680-81. In the Byzantine Empire, the town was known as Arka.[7]
On 24 Jan 2020, the town was impacted by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.[8][9]
Composition
[edit]There are 77 neighbourhoods in Akçadağ District:[10]
- Aksaray
- Aksüt
- Aktepe
- Aliçeri
- Altınlı
- Ancar
- Aşağıörükçü
- Aydınlar
- Bağköy
- Bahri
- Başpınar
- Bayramuşağı
- Bekiruşağı
- Bölüklü
- Büyükçimiş
- Büyükköy
- Çakılpınarı
- Çatalbahçe
- Çevirme
- Çobanuşağı
- Darıca
- Dedeköy
- Demirciler
- Develi
- Doğanlar
- Doğantepe
- Doğu
- Dümüklü
- Durulova
- Dutlu
- Eğin
- Esenbey
- Esenli
- Fatih
- Gölpınar
- Güneşli
- Gürkaynak
- Hançerli
- Hartut
- Harunuşağı
- İkinciler
- Ilıcak
- Kadıibrahim
- Kahyalı
- Karamağara
- Karapınar
- Kasımuşağı
- Kayadibi
- Keklikpınar
- Keller
- Kepez
- Kolköy
- Kömekavak
- Kotangölü
- Kozluca
- Küçükkürne
- Kültür
- Kurtuşağı
- Levent
- Mezra
- Mihmanlı
- Muratlı
- Ören
- Ortaköy
- Resuluşağı
- Sahilköy
- Sakalıuzun
- Sarıhacı
- Şeyhler
- Taşevler
- Taşolar
- Tataruşağı
- Yağmurlu
- Yalınbudak
- Yalınkaya
- Yaylımlı
- Yukarıörükçü
See also
[edit]- Kürecik Radar Station, a NATO early-warning missile defense radar situated at Çat Tepe in Kürecik.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Başkanın Özgeçmişi, Akçadağ Belediyesi. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Kaymakam Adem Topaca, Akçadağ Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Vest, Bernd Andreas (2007). Geschichte der Stadt Melitene und der umliegenden Gebiete: vom Vorabend der arabischen bis zum Abschluss der türkischen Eroberung (um 600-1124). Dr. Kovač. p. 866. ISBN 978-3-8300-2575-7.
- ^ 6.7 magnitude earthquake 5 km from Doğanyol, Malatya, Turkey.
- ^ Recent Earthquakes Near Doğanyol, Malatya, Turkey .
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Kürecik'te 40 yıl önce ne oldu?". Vatan (in Turkish). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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