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Eleşkirt District
Eleşkirt District is a Districts of Turkey, district of Ağrı Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Eleşkirt.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its area is 1,307 km2, and its population is 31,545 (2021). Geology and geomorphology There is Mount Kösedağ in the north of Eleşkirt district center.Composition There are four municipality, municipalities in Eleşkirt District: * Eleşkirt * Tahir, Eleşkirt, Tahir * Yayladüzü * Yücekapı There are 55 villages of Turkey, villages in Eleşkirt District:Turkey Civil Administration Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleşkirt
Eleşkirt ( ku, Zêdikan) is a town and district of Ağrı Province in Turkey. Its name is a transference from Alashkert ( hy, Ալաշկերտ, translit=Alaškert), the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as ''Vagharshakert'' in medieval sources. At the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 approximately half of the population consisted of Armenians and the rest of Kurds and Turks. The mayor is Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party). Notable people *Şakiro Şakir Deniz also known as Şakiro (born in 1936 in Eleşkirt–1996, Izmir, Turkey), was a Kurdish Dengbêj singer. His songs were often recorded on cassettes and distributed illegally, when the Kurdish language faced limitations in cultural expr ... References Populated places in Ağrı Province Ski areas and resorts in Turkey Districts of Ağrı Province Kurdish settlements in Turkey {{Ağrı-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |