Saray () is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Van Province
Van Province (, , Armenian: Վանի մարզ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. Its area is 20,921 km2, and its population is 1,128,749 (2022). ...
,
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 872 km
2, and its population is 19,471 (2022).
The mayor elected in 2019 was Caziye Duman from the
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was arrested on terrorism charges in November 2019 and replaced by a trustee.
An earthquake in February 2020 shook the region and many villages of the Saray district reported damage.
Composition
There are 27
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Saray District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Atatürk
* Bakışık
* Baltepe
* Beyarslan
* Çakmakköy
* Çardak
* Çaybağı
* Değirmigöl
* Dolutaş
* Feritmelen
* Kapıköy
* Karahisar
* Kargalı
* Kazımpaşa
* Kazlıgöl
* Keçikayası
* Kekikdüzü
* Kepir
* Koçbaşı
* Kurucan
* Mahmudiye
* Örenburç
* Sırımlı
* Turanköy
* Yamanyurt
* Yeşilağaç
* Zincirkıran
References
Populated places in Van Province
Districts of Van Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Kurdish settlements in Turkey
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