Akçadağ () is a municipality and
district
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of
Malatya Province
Malatya Province (; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey. Its area is 12,259 km2, and its population is 812,580 (2022). It is part of a larger mountainous area. Th ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 1,118 km
2, and its population is 27,872 (2022).
The mayor is Ali Kazgan, and the
kaymakam
Kaymakam, also known by #Names, many other romanizations, was a title used by various officials of the Ottoman Empire, including acting grand viziers, governors of provincial sanjaks, and administrators of district kazas. The title has been reta ...
(district governor) is Adem Topaca.
Geography
Akçadağ is at an altitude of 1,050 m (3,440 ft) above
sea level
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and the district is considered mountainous.
History
In Roman times, Akçadağ was known as ''Arca'' (lat) and became in the times of
emperor Hadrian
Hadrian ( ; ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic peoples, Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, Aelia '' ...
or
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ( ; ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors ...
a
colonia. The town became later a bishopric (
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
of the diocese of
Melitene), whose bishops participated in the councils of
431,
451,
553 and
680-81. In the
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived History of the Roman Empire, the events that caused the ...
, the town was known as ''Arka''.
On 24 Jan 2020, the town was impacted by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.
Composition
There are 77
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Akçadağ District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Aksaray
* Aksüt
* Aktepe
* Aliçeri
* Altınlı
* Ancar
* Aşağıörükçü
* Aydınlar
* Bağköy
* Bahri
* Başpınar
* Bayramuşağı
* Bekiruşağı
* Bölüklü
* Büyükçimiş
* Büyükköy
* Çakılpınarı
* Çatalbahçe
* Çevirme
* Çobanuşağı
* Darıca
* Dedeköy
* Demirciler
* Develi
* Doğanlar
* Doğantepe
* Doğu
* Dümüklü
* Durulova
* Dutlu
* Eğin
* Esenbey
* Esenli
* Fatih
* Gölpınar
* Güneşli
* Gürkaynak
* Hançerli
* Hartut
* Harunuşağı
* İkinciler
* Ilıcak
* Kadıibrahim
* Kahyalı
* Karamağara
* Karapınar
* Kasımuşağı
* Kayadibi
* Keklikpınar
* Keller
* Kepez
* Kolköy
* Kömekavak
* Kotangölü
* Kozluca
* Küçükkürne
* Kültür
* Kurtuşağı
* Levent
* Mezra
* Mihmanlı
* Muratlı
* Ören
* Ortaköy
* Resuluşağı
* Sahilköy
* Sakalıuzun
* Sarıhacı
* Şeyhler
* Taşevler
* Taşolar
* Tataruşağı
* Yağmurlu
* Yalınbudak
* Yalınkaya
* Yaylımlı
* Yukarıörükçü
See also
*Kürecik Radar Station
Kürecik Radar Station () is a military installation located in the town of in Malatya Province, southeastern Turkey. It was established in 2012 for use by NATO as an early-warning radar against ballistic missile attacks.
Background
At the NA ...
, a NATO early-warning missile defense radar situated at Çat Tepe in Kürecik.
References
External links
Akcadağ BelediyesiAkçadağ Kaymakamlığı
Populated places in Malatya Province
Districts of Malatya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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