Akçakale () is a municipality and

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Şanlıurfa Province Şanlıurfa Province (; ), also known as Urfa Province, is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. The city of Şanlıurfa is the capital of the province which be ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 1,038 km², and its population is 123,721 (2022). Akçakale forms a

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with Tell Abyad in

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, maintaining a

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. The Mayor is Mehmet Yalçınkaya ( AKP). The current District Governor is Onur Şan. Map of Akcakale and Tell Abyad

Syrian Civil War

On October 3, 2012, Akçakale was hit by shells from across the Syrian border in Tell Abyad, killing five civilians.La Turquie riposte après des tirs d'obus syriens sur son sol
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'', 04/10/2012 In October 2014, there was an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant presence in the town, due to the porous nature of the border at that time between Akçakale and Tell Abyad, which was then part of the Islamic State.

Geography

There are 120

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in Akçakale District: * Acıkuyu * Adnan Menderes * Akbilek * Akçaköy * Akçalı * Akdiken * Akkeçi * Aksahrınç * Alatlar * Alıncak * Arıcan * Aşağı Beğdeş * Aşağı Çinpolat * Aşağıderen * Aslanlı * Atatürk * Aydınlı * Ayranlı * Ayyıldız * Baykuş * Bilece * Bolatlar * Boybeyi * Buket * Bulutlu * Büyücek * Büyük Naneli * Büyüktaş * Büyüktokaç * Çakırlar * Cevher * Ceylanlı * Çokalan * Çömlekçi * Çukurca * Deniz * Dibek * Donandı * Dorumali * Düzce * Edebey * Eke * Ekinyazı * Erdemler * Erecek * Fatih Sultan Mehmet * Fevzi Çakmak * Fişenge * Geçittepe * Gölbaşı * Gülveren * Gündaş * Güneren * Güvenç * Hacıekber * Hürriyet * İkizce * İncedere * Karatepe * Kayaca * Kayalık * Keçili * Kelebek * Kepezli * Kılıçlı * Kırmıtlı * Koruklu * Köseören * Küçük Hacıekber * Kurudere * Mavitaş * Menzil * Mermer * Milköy * Narlıova * Nimet * Nusretiye * Ohali * Okaylar * Öncül * Onortak * Ortaderen * Ortaören * Osmanlı * Pekmezli * Şahinler * Şahinsoylu * Sakça * Salihler * Şanlı * Şefkat * Şehitnusretbey * Sevimli * Seyrantepe * Sınırgören * Süleymanşah * Taşkınlar * Tatlıca * Topçu * Turgut Özal * Tuzluca * Uğraklı * Uğurhan * Uğurtaş * Vize * Yağmuralan * Yalınlı * Yazlıca * Yediyol * Yeni * Yenişehir * Yeşerti * Yukarı Beğdeş * Yukarı Çinpolat * Yukarı Çukurca * Yukarıderen * Yusufbey * Zenginova * Zeytindalı * Zorlu Akçakale is at the southern end of the State road D.885.

Climate

Akçakale has a

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(

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: ''BSh'').

Sport

The Akçakale Belediyespor plays in the Akçakale Ilçe Stadium and competes currently in the Turkish amateur league.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akcakale Populated places in Şanlıurfa Province Districts of Şanlıurfa Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey Divided cities on the Syria–Turkey border Syria–Turkey border crossings Arab settlements in Şanlıurfa Province