Kâhta District Explained

Type:	district
Coordinates:	37.7833°N 75°W
Province:	Adıyaman
Seat:	Kâhta
Leader Name:	Selami Korkutata
Area Total Km2:	1274
Population Total:	127534
Population As Of:	2021

Kâhta District is a district of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Kâhta.^[1] Its area is 1,274 km²,^[2] and its population is 127,534 (2021).^[3] On 12 October 2018, cave drawings which date back to the Paleolithic era, were discovered in the Kâhta district, due to the decline of Atatürk Reservoir waters by 10–15 meters.^[4]

Composition

There are 3 municipalities in Kâhta District:^{[1] [5]}

• Akıncılar
• Bölükyayla
• Kâhta

There are 102 villages in Kâhta District:^[6]

• Adalı
• Akalın
• Akdoğan
• Akkavak
• Akkuş
• Aktaş
• Akyıldız
• Alidam
• Arılı
• Aydınpınar
• Bağbaşı
• Bağözü
• Ballı
• Belenli
• Belören
• Beşikli
• Boğazkaya
• Bostanlı
• Bozpınar
• Boztarla
• Burmapınar
• Büyükbağ
• Büyükbejyan
• Büyükbey
• Çakıreşme
• Çaltılı
• Çamlica
• Çardak
• Çataltepe
• Çaybaşı
• Çıralık
• Çukurtaş
• Cumhuriyet
• Damlacık
• Dardağan
• Dikenli
• Doluca
• Dumlu
• Dut
• Eceler
• Ekinci
• Elbeyi
• Erikdere
• Erikli
• Esendere
• Eski Kâhta
• Eskitaş
• Fıstıklı
• Geldibuldu
• Göçeri
• Gökçe
• Gölgeli
• Güdülge
• Güzelçay
• Habipler
• Hacıyusuf
• Hamzalar
• Hasandiğin
• Hasköy
• İkizce
• Işıktepe
• İslamköy
• Karacaören
• Karadut
• Karaman
• Karataş
• Kavaklı
• Kayadibi
• Koçtepe
• Köseler
• Kozağaç
• Menzil
• Mülk
• Narince
• Narlıdere
• Narsırtı
• Oluklu
• Ortanca
• Ovacık
• Şahintepe
• Salkımbağı
• Sarısu
• Şenköy
• Sıraca
• Sırakaya
• Susuz
• Taşlıca
• Taşlıçay
• Teğmenli
• Teknecik
• Tuğlu
• Turanlı
• Tütenocak
• Ulupınar
• Yapraklı
• Yelkovan
• Yenice
• Yenikuşak
• Yeşilkaya
• Yolaltı
• Zeytin
• Ziyaret

Places of interest

• Nemrut Dağı or Mount Nemrut - now a national park, famous for the antique statuary on the summit, dating back to the Commagene Kingdom.
• Karakuş Tumulus, with a large statue of an eagle.
• Kâhta castle
• Severan Bridge, a Roman bridge.

Notes and References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi
2. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 January 2023.
3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021. 12 January 2023. TÜİK. tr . XLS.
4. Web site: Paleolithic art unveiled after dam water ebbs in Turkey's east. Hürriyet Daily News. 12 October 2018.
5. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Belde Belediyesi
6. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy