Eleşkirt

	Eleşkirt
	; Eleşkirt
Basic data
Province (il) :	Ağrı
Coordinates :	39 ° 48 ' N , 42 ° 40' E Coordinates: 39 ° 47 '53 " N , 42 ° 40' 28" E
Residents :	10,537 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 472
Postal code :	04 600
License plate :	04
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	8 mahall
Mayor :	Ramazan Yakut ( SP )
Website:	www.eleskirt.bel.tr
Eleşkirt County
Residents :	34,180 (2018)
Surface:	1,307 km²
Population density :	26 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Gülhani Ozan Sari
Website (Kaymakam):	www.eleskirt.gov.tr

Eleşkirt ( Kurdish Zêtka , Armenian Ալաշկերտ Alaschkert ) is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Ağrı .

geography

The district is located in the northwest of the province and borders the provinces of Kars and Erzurum . There are several mountains that are up to 3000 m high. The highest mountain is the Köse Dağ with 3433 m in the north of the district. There is also the Mirgemir Mountains with the peaks Tekir and Mizrak.

In addition to the district town (with 31% of the district population), the district consists of three other municipalities ( Belde , small towns ): Tahir (1,531), Yayladüzü (2,081) and Yücekapı (2,604 inh.). There are also 55 villages ( Köy ) with an average population of 317 inhabitants. Two of them have over a thousand inhabitants: Toprakkale (1,399) and Goncalı (1,179 pop .).

etymology

The name Eleşkirt is the Turkish version of the Armenian Alashkert ( Armenian Ալաշկերտ ) and denotes a plain. In the Middle Ages, the city was known as Vaghaschkert ( Armenian Վաղաշկերտ ). This name was used as early as the 4th century BC. Proven. In Kurdish usage the name is Zêtka / Zêtkan .

history

Urartu and antiquity

The city of Eleşkirt has a long history. The Urartians lived here in the Iron Age . The villages of Pirabat and Toprakkale were founded by the Urartians. The Urartian king Menua erected a stele in Yazılıtaş (HChI No. 23), which tells of his victory over Diaueḫe . After the Urartians lost control of this area, the Medes conquered it . The Medes were followed by the Persians , Macedonians , Romans and Byzantines.

middle Ages

In the Middle Ages Eleşkirt was part of several Turkish and Mongolian empires and principalities. Mention should be made of the Saltukids , the Ahlatschahs , the Ilchane , the Timurids , the Aq Qoyunlu , the Qara Qoyunlu , the Safavids and the Ottomans .

population

The population consists largely of Kurds and a small number of Turks.
The population of the district or the city of Eleşkirt in past censuses:

1965: 35.168 / 6.019
1970: 37.526 / 6.869
1975: 40.141 / 8.202
1980: 44.124 / 10.083
1985: 47.277 / 11.561
1990: 41,748 / 9,871
2000: 48.892 / 15.339
2011: 38.674 / 11.005

Attractions

Eleşkirt Waterfall (Esentepe Waterfall)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu (Nufusune.com) , accessed on May 13, 2019
↑ Kemalettin Köroğlu, The Northern Border of the Urartian Kingdom. In: Altan Çilingiroğlu / G. Darbyshire (Ed.), Anatolian Iron Ages 5, Proceedings of the 5th Anatolian Iron Ages Colloquium Van, 6.-10. August 2001. British Institute of Archeology at Ankara Monograph 3 (Ankara 2005) 101
↑ Yerelnet , accessed May 13, 2019

[Infobox_Ort_in_der_Türkei.EinwohnerOrt-1] Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu (Nufusune.com) , accessed on May 13, 2019

[2] Kemalettin Köroğlu, The Northern Border of the Urartian Kingdom. In: Altan Çilingiroğlu / G. Darbyshire (Ed.), Anatolian Iron Ages 5, Proceedings of the 5th Anatolian Iron Ages Colloquium Van, 6.-10. August 2001. British Institute of Archeology at Ankara Monograph 3 (Ankara 2005) 101

[3] Yerelnet , accessed May 13, 2019