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Varto District
Varto District (Armenian: Վարդոյի գաւառակ) is a Districts of Turkey, district of the Muş Province, Muş Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Varto.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Its area is 1,318 km2, and its population is 30,267 (2022).


Geology and geomorphology

Varto District is surrounded by Bingöl Mountains from the north and Şerafettin Mountains from the south. Lake Akdoğan, Akdoğan Lakes are located in the east of the district center. The altitude exceeds 3000 meters in the Bingöl mountains in the north of the district center and 2300 meters in the Akdoğan Mountains, Akdoğan and Şerafettin Mountains.< ...
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Varto
Varto (; or , ''Varto'') is a town in Muş Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Varto District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Its population is 10,914 (2022).


History

Some 5,200 Armenians were living in the district of Varto in 1914, including 600 in the town of Varto. Eight churches, 3 monasteries and 5 schools tended to their to spiritual needs. In June 1915 during the Armenian genocide, a great number of Varto's Armenians were massacred in the valley of Newala Ask. It was the epicenter of the 1966 Varto earthquake, 1966 earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people. There are about a hundred villages in the Varto district.


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Boyalı, Varto
Boyalı is a village in the Varto District, Muş Province, in east Turkey. Its population is 154 (2022). Geology and geography Boyalı and the plateau used for animal husbandry are located on the Akdoğan Mountains Akdoğan Mountains (); (); is a mountain range located at the zero point of the Muş and Erzurum border. It extends from the east of Akdoğan lake to Karaçoban district by crossing the border where Varto, Bulanık and Hınıs districts inter .... Education There is a primary school in the village. References Villages in Varto District Villages on Akdoğan Mountains {{Muş-geo-stub ...
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Başkent, Varto
Başkent is a village in the Varto District, Muş Province, in east Turkey.Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. It is 74 km from center and 14 km from
Varto Varto (; or , ''Varto'') is a town in Muş Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Varto District.
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