Adilcevaz

Adilcevaz
Adilcevaz
	Adilcevaz
	Coordinates: 38°48′21″N 42°44′49″E / 38.80583°N 42.74694°ECoordinates: 38°48′21″N 42°44′49″E / 38.80583°N 42.74694°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Bitlis
Government
• Mayor	Necati Gürsoy (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Özer Özbek
Area
• District	819.37 km2 (316.36 sq mi)
Elevation	1,650 m (5,410 ft)
Population (2012)
• Urban	13,973
• District	31,335
• District density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Website	www.adilcevaz.com

Adilcevaz (Armenian: Արծկէ, romanized: Artskē, Kurdish: Elcewaz‎^[3]) is a town and district capital of the same-named district within Bitlis Province of Turkey. The city is on the shore of Lake Van. The mayor is Necati Gürsoy from the AKP.^[4]

The famous Kef castle built by the Urarteans lies near Adilcevaz.^[5] Monastery of the Miracles is 2.18 miles northwest of Adilcevaz in the hills to the north of Lake Van.

Neighbourhoods[]

Akyazı
Akçıra
Aygırgölü
Aşağısüphan
Bahçedere
Cihangir
Dizdar
Erikbağı
Esenkıyı
Göldüzü 38°49′03″N 43°01′14″E / 38.81750°N 43.02056°E / 38.81750; 43.02056
Gölüstü
Gümüşdüven
Harmantepe
Heybeli
Karakolköy
Karaşeyh
Karşıyaka
Kavuştuk 38°49′N 43°04′E / 38.817°N 43.067°E / 38.817; 43.067
Kömürlü
Mollafadıl 39°01′N 42°58′E / 39.017°N 42.967°E / 39.017; 42.967
Sefasahil
Yarımadaköyü 38°52′N 43°09′E / 38.867°N 43.150°E / 38.867; 43.150
Yolçatı
Yukarısüphan 38°49′32″N 42°51′37″E / 38.82556°N 42.86028°E / 38.82556; 42.86028
Yıldızköy
Çanakyayla 38°49′32″N 42°51′37″E / 38.82556°N 42.86028°E / 38.82556; 42.86028
Örentaş
İpekçayır

References[]

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Bitlis Adilcevaz Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ Bryce, Trevor (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: From the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. Taylor & Francis. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-415-39485-7.

External links[]

The Armenian "monastery of the Miracles" at Adilcevaz

[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2013.

[population-2] "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

[3] Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[4] "Bitlis Adilcevaz Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[5] Bryce, Trevor (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: From the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. Taylor & Francis. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-415-39485-7.

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