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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of Turkey with 118,000 residents
- Description: district of Adıyaman, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Kahta district” and “Kahta Ilcesi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kâhta and Erikdere.
Kâhta
Town
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Kâhta is a town in Southeastern Anatolia, with a population of 132,000 in 2023. The reason to visit is Mount Nemrut, only accessible in summer.
Erikdere
Village
Erikdere is a village in the Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 359 in 2021. The hamlets of Tekeli and Uncular are attached to Erikdere. Erikdere is situated 4 km north of Kâhta District.
Ortanca
Village
Ortanca is a village in the Kâhta District, Adıyaman Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşwan tribe and had a population of 362 in 2021. The hamlets of Dalpınar and Kubilay are attached to the village. Ortanca is situated 5 km southwest of Kâhta District.
Kâhta District
- Location: Adıyaman Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Kâhta District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كاخته”
- Asturian: “Kahta (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Kahta”
- Dutch: “Kahta”
- Ido: “Distrikto Kâhta”
- Italian: “Distretto di Kahta”
- Persian: “بخش کاهتا”
- Turkish: “Kahta (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Kâhta İlçesi”
- “Kahta ilçesi”
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