Kâhta District
Kâhta District is a district of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Kâhta. Its area is 1,274 km2, and its population is 127,534. 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.- Type: district of Turkey with 118,000 residents
- Description: district of Adıyaman, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Kahta (distritu)”, “Kahta district”, and “Kahta Ilcesi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kâhta and Erikdere.
Erikdere
Village
Erikdere is a village in the Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. Erikdere is situated 4 km north of Kâhta District.
Ortanca
Village
Ortanca is a village in the Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. Ortanca is situated 5 km southwest of Kâhta District.
Kâhta District
Latitude
37.7948° or 37° 47′ 41″ north
Longitude
38.6312° or 38° 37′ 52″ east
Population
118,000
Elevation
728 metres (2,388 feet)
Open location code
8G9WQJVJ+WF
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Kâhta District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاخته”
- Asturian: “Kahta”
- Cebuano: “Kâhta İlçesi”
- Dutch: “Kahta”
- Ido: “Distrikto Kâhta”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kahta”
- Persian: “بخش کاهتا”
- Turkish: “Kahta (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Kâhta İlçesi”
- “Kahta ilçesi”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Büyütme and Hasandiğin.
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