Özalp, Van Explained
| Type: | metro district |
| Özalp |
| Coordinates: | 38.6583°N 43.9894°W |
| Province: | Van |
| Area Total Km2: | 1430 |
| Population Total: | 59851 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Postal Code: | 65800 |
| Area Code: | 0432 |
Özalp (Turkish: Özalp), (Kurdish: Qerqelî[1]) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 1,430 km2,[3] and its population is 59,851 (2022).[4]
In the local elections of March 2019 Yakup Almaç from the Peoples ' Democratic Party was elected mayor(HDP).[5] Abdulkadir Çelik was appointed Kaymakam by president Recep Tayyip Erdoĝan in August 2019.[6] However Almaç was dismissed in November 2019[7] and Çelik appointed as well as the trustee of the municipality of Özalp. Following his appointment as a trustee, he dismissed also 28 municipality workers.[8]
Composition
There are 58 neighbourhoods in Özalp District:[9]
- Aksorguç
- Altınboğa
- Aşağıakçagül
- Aşağıbalçıklı
- Aşağıkoçkıran
- Aşağımollahasan
- Aşağıtulgalı
- Aşağıyorganlı
- Bağrıaçık
- Bodurağaç
- Boğazkesen
- Boyaldı
- Çamurlu
- Çavuşlar
- Çırakköy
- Çubuklu
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağdeviren
- Damlacık
- Dönerdere
- Dorutay
- Eğribelen
- Emek
- Eski Emek
- Gözdeğmez
- Gültepe
- Günyüzlü
- Hacıali
- Hacıkışlak
- Hazine
- İstasyon
- Kalecik
- Kargalı
- Karlıyamaç
- Kaşıkara
- Kırkçalı
- Mahmudiye
- Mehmetalan
- Mollatopuz
- Oymaklı
- Sağmalı
- Sarıköy
- Savatlı
- Şehittepe
- Şemsettin
- Seydibey
- Sugeçer
- Tepedam
- Yarımkaya
- Yavuzlar
- Yukarıayazca
- Yukarıbalçıklı
- Yukarıçavdarlık
- Yukarımollahasan
- Yukarıtulgalı
- Yukarıyorganlı
- Yumruklu
- Yürkuşak
Climate
Özalp has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb),[10] with very warm, dry summers and very cold, snowy winters.[11]
Notes and References
- Book: Adem Avcıkıran . Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî . 2009 . 57 . 17 December 2019 . tr, ku.
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
- Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 19 September 2023.
- Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 19 September 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
- Web site: Van Özalp Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri. www.sabah.com.tr. 2020-05-19.
- Web site: Kaymakamımız. www.ozalp.gov.tr. 2020-05-19.
- Web site: Co-mayors of Muradiye, Özalp and Başkale arrested. ANF News. en. 2020-05-19.
- Web site: Trustee dismisses 28 workers in Özalp, Van. ANF News. en. 2020-05-19.
- https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
- Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. . Nature: Scientific Data . en.
- Web site: Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı . MGM.
