Adilcevaz
| Adilcevaz | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Bitlis | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 48 ' N , 42 ° 45' E | |||
| Height : | 1650 m | |||
| Residents : | 14,637 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 434 | |||
| Postal code : | 13 500 | |||
| License plate : | 13 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 8 mahall | |||
| Mayor : | Necati Gürsoy ( AKP ) | |||
| Postal address : | Orta Mahalle Durak Caddesi No: 15 13500 Adilcevaz / Bitlis |
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| Adilcevaz district | ||||
| Residents : | 30,376 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 1,586 km² | |||
| Population density : | 19 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Ahmet Dilsiz | |||
Adilcevaz (formerly Armenian Arcîgeh or Արծկե Artske ) is the capital of the district ( İlçe ) Adilcevaz in the Turkish province of Bitlis . The city lies on the north bank of Lake Van and is home to 48 percent of the district's population. To the northeast of the city is the Süphan Dağı, the country's second highest mountain.
Surname
The place is known for its walnuts. The Walnut Festival takes place in Adilcevaz every year . Walnut in Turkish / Arabic is Ceviz / Dschauz , which has found its way into the name. Other names of the city are Elciğaz and Elceviz . The previous Armenian name was Arcîgeh . The form Adilcevaz has probably been used since the Qara Qoyunlus .
district
Adilcevaz is the largest county in the province and was created in 1953. It has the lowest population density in Bitlis Province. It borders Ahlat County to the west and Malazgirt ( Muş Province ), Patnos ( Ağrı Province ) and Erciş ( Van Province ) counties to the north . In addition to the district town, there is also a Belediye (small town): Aydınlar (with 2,326 inhabitants) and 28 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 479 inhabitants. Five of them have over a thousand inhabitants: Göldüzü (1,819), Bahçedere (1,180), Kavuştuk (1,108), Aşağısüphan (1,051) and Akçıra (1,010 inh .).
history
Adilcevaz was part of the Urartian Empire . Kef Kalesi , a Urartean citadel built under Rusa II , is still in ruins six kilometers to the north. The medieval Armenian monastery Skantselorgivank ("Monastery of Miracles") was located nearby .
The water level of the lake rose by the middle of the 17th century and washed over old residential areas that lay south outside the Abbasid city wall. The Ottomans ruled the city from the 16th century to 1914 . During the First World War , the Russians conquered the city.
After 1918 Adilcevaz became Turkish again. Since 1953 Adilcevaz has been an independent district.
sons and daughters of the town
- Nevzat Karakış , protest musician
- Filiz Yerlikaya , a fighter for the Kurdistan Workers' Party
literature
- Thomas Alexander Sinclair: Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey. Volume 1, The Pindar Press, London 1989, pp. 275f, ISBN 0-907132-34-0
Web links
- Inscription from Rusa Erimenahi ( Memento of July 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 25, 2019
- ↑ Belediye tarihi
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