Başkale ( Kurdish : Elbak , Armenian : Ադամակերտ , romanized : Adamakert ) is a municipality and district of Van Province , Turkey . Its area is 2,727 km , and its population is 44,168 (2022). The municipality Başkale was established in 1937. In the local elections of March 2019 Erkan Acar from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.
5-507: Bashkala could refer to: Bashkala, another name for Başkale , a city in southeastern Turkey Bashkala , one of the two surviving shakhas of the Rigveda Bāṣkali , a Vedic saint in ancient India Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bashkala . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-477: The Great Zab River (Zapsuyu), and the town stands on the eastern slope of the south-eastern Taurus Mountains . The majority of the 2,599 km (1,003 sq mi) Başkale district is mountainous. The agricultural portion is only 355 km (137 sq mi), approximately 14% of the total area. Başkale is enclosed by Mount (Yiğit)/Haravil (3468 m) in the east, Mount Başkale/İspiriz (3668 m) in
15-513: The Turkey-Iran border. 138 km (86 mi) of the national border is on the east and north-east of the Başkale district. Başkale shares district borders with Yüksekova District of Hakkari Province to the south, Saray and Özalp districts of Van Province to the north, and Gürpınar district of Van Province to the west. Başkale is situated 2460 metres above sea level, in the valley of
20-414: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bashkala&oldid=1170575862 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ba%C5%9Fkale Başkale is situated 20 km (12 mi) west of
25-518: The west, and Mount Gökdağ (3604 m) in the south-east. The mountains of Mor, Haravil, Mengene and Çekvan are in the district of Başkale. Other geographical features in Başkale include the Karasu river, and the plateaus of Nebirnav, Kevçikan, Hanasor, Çekvan, Aşkitan (Ülya), Perihan, Meydan, Harinan, Terazın, Sülav, Medgezeren, Pistekan, Herevil-Şirez, Derevan, Derik, Bağarük, Düava and Mengen. According to Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition from 1911,
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