Aralık District is a
district of the
Iğdır Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of
Aralık.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its area is 852 km
2, and its population is 20,133 (2022). Part of the district forms the international
border between Turkey and
Armenia, which has been closed since 1993, and the
border between Turkey and
Iran.
Aras corridor
The district of Aralık includes the Aras corridor, which connects Turkey with Azerbaijan through the
Nakhchivan exclave. The corridor is formed by the confluence of the
Aras and Lower Karasu rivers and was ceded to Turkey by the
Soviet Union in the
Treaty of Kars. It is predominantly inhabited by Kurds and is the location of the
Dilucu Border Gate, the only border crossing between Turkey and Azerbaijan, opened in May 1992.
Composition
There is one
municipality in Aralık District:
[
* Aralık
There are 22 villages in Aralık District:Köy]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
* Adetli
* Aşağıaratan
* Aşağıçamurlu
* Aşağıçiftlikköy
* Aşağıtopraklı
* Babacan
* Emince
* Gödekli
* Hacıağa
* Hasanhan
* Karahacılı
* Kıraçbağı
* Kulukent
* Ramazankent
* Saraçlı
* Tarlabaşı
* Tazeköy
*
Yenidoğan
* Yukarıaratan
* Yukarıçamurlu
* Yukarıçiftlikköy
* Yukarıtopraklı
References
Districts of Iğdır Province
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