Varto District
District
Map showing Varto District in Muş Province
Map showing Varto District in Muş Province
Varto District is located in Turkey
Varto District
Varto District
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°10′N 41°27′E / 39.167°N 41.450°E / 39.167; 41.450
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMuş
SeatVarto
Government
 • KaymakamMusa AYYILDIZ
Area
1,318 km2 (509 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
30,267
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Websitewww.varto.gov.tr

Varto District (Armenian: Վարդոյի գաւառակ) is a district of the Muş Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Varto.[1] Its area is 1,318 km2,[2] and its population is 30,267 (2022).[3]

Geology and geomorphology

Varto District is surrounded by Bingöl Mountains from the north and Şerafettin Mountains from the south.[4] Akdoğan Lakes are located in the east of the district center.[5] The altitude exceeds 3000 meters in the Bingöl mountains in the north of the district center and 2300 meters in the Akdoğan and Şerafettin Mountains.[6]

Education

Hamurpet Secondary School is one of the schools in the district.[7]

Composition

There is one municipality in Varto District:[1]

There are 93 villages in Varto District:[8]

  • Acarkent
  • Ağaçaltı
  • Ağaçkorur
  • Akçatepe
  • Alabalık
  • Alnıaçık
  • Armutkaşı
  • Aşağıalagöz
  • Aşağıhacıbey
  • Bağiçi
  • Baltaş
  • Başkent
  • Beşikkaya
  • Boyalı
  • Boylu
  • Buzlugöze
  • Çalıdere
  • Çaltılı
  • Çayçatı
  • Çayıryolu
  • Çaylar
  • Çayönü
  • Çobandağı
  • Dağcılar
  • Dallıöz
  • Değerli
  • Derince
  • Diktepeler
  • Doğanca
  • Dönertaş
  • Durucabulak
  • Dutözü
  • Erdoğan
  • Eryurdu
  • Esenler
  • Gelintaşı
  • Göltepe
  • Gölyayla
  • Görgü
  • Güzeldere
  • Güzelkent
  • Haksever
  • Hüseyinoğlu
  • İçmeler
  • İlbey
  • Kalecik
  • Karaköy
  • Karameşe
  • Karapınar
  • Kartaldere
  • Kayadelen
  • Kayalıdere
  • Kayalık
  • Kayalıkale
  • Kaygıntaş
  • Kaynarca
  • Koçyatağı
  • Kolan
  • Köprücük
  • Küçüktepe
  • Kumlukıyı
  • Kuşluk
  • Leylek
  • Ocaklı
  • Oğlakçı
  • Ölçekli
  • Omcalı
  • Onpınar
  • Özenç
  • Özkonak
  • Sağlıcak
  • Sanlıca
  • Sazlıca
  • Seki
  • Taşçı
  • Taşdibek
  • Taşlıyayla
  • Teknedüzü
  • Tepeköy
  • Tuzlu
  • Üçbulak
  • Ulusırt
  • Ünaldı
  • Yarlısu
  • Yayıklı
  • Yayla
  • Yedikavak
  • Yeşildal
  • Yeşilpınar
  • Yılanlı
  • Yukarıhacıbey
  • Yurttutan
  • Zorabat

References

  1. 1 2 İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Determination Of Tectonic Activity In The Varto Basin (Muş) With Geomorphic Indices" (PDF) (in Turkish). Bingöl University. March 2019. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Göller". mus.ktb.gov.tr. Muş İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "Muş Varto ilçesinin jeotermal potansiyelinin tespiti, termal otel ve sağlık merkezi fizibilite raporu" (PDF) (in Turkish). Doğu Anadolu kalınma ajansı. 2020. p. 28.
  7. ↑ "Hamurpet İmam Hatip Ortaokulu". hamurpetimamhatiportaokulu.meb.k12.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ↑ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.


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