Gerger

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Gerger (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Adıyaman
Coordinates : 38 ° 2 '  N , 39 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 1 '44 "  N , 39 ° 1' 56"  E
Residents : 3,605 (2018)
Telephone code : (+90) 416
Postal code : 02700
License plate : 02
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Mayor : Erkan Aksoy ( AKP )
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District of Gerger
Residents : 19,035 (2018)
Surface: 668 km²
Population density : 28 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Resul Ozdemir
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Gerger (formerly Alduş , Aramaic ܓܪܓܪ Gargar ) is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Adıyaman in southeastern Anatolia . The city of Gerger claims about 24.7 percent of the district's population. The district Gerger is located in the east of the province, bordering the provinces of Diyarbakir , Malatya and Şanlıurfa . In addition to the district town, there are 45 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 343 inhabitants. Gölyurt (1,439) and Güzelsu (1,266 pop .) Are the largest.

Originally, today's village of Oymaklı was called Gerger . When the administrative headquarters moved to what was then Alduş in 1954 , the place name Gerger was also transferred to Alduş .

The castle of Gerger (Gerger Kalesi) stands on a ridge above the west bank of the Euphrates near Gerger, the ancient Arsameia on the Euphrates . The complex was built by Arsames II (260–228 BC), one of the founders of the empire of Kommagene .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu (Nufusune.com) , accessed on May 5, 2019
  2. http://www.purcu.com/adiyaman.html , accessed March 10, 2010
  3. http://www.uni-kiel.de/kibidano/receive/kibidano_kibpic_00004606 , accessed March 11, 2010