Aralık District

Aralık District is a district of the Iğdır Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Aralık.^[1] Its area is 852 km²,^[2] and its population is 20,133 (2022).^[3] Part of the district forms the international border between Turkey and Armenia, which has been closed since 1993, and the border between Turkey and Iran.

Aras corridor

The district of Aralık includes the Aras corridor, which connects Turkey with Azerbaijan through the Nakhchivan exclave. The corridor is formed by the confluence of the Aras and Lower Karasu rivers and was ceded to Turkey by the Soviet Union in the Treaty of Kars.^[4] It is predominantly inhabited by Kurds and is the location of the Dilucu Border Gate, the only border crossing between Turkey and Azerbaijan, opened in May 1992.

Composition

There is one municipality in Aralık District:^[1]

Aralık

There are 22 villages in Aralık District:^[5]

Adetli
Aşağıaratan
Aşağıçamurlu
Aşağıçiftlikköy
Aşağıtopraklı
Babacan
Emince
Gödekli
Hacıağa
Hasanhan
Karahacılı
Kıraçbağı
Kulukent
Ramazankent
Saraçlı
Tarlabaşı
Tazeköy
Yenidoğan
Yukarıaratan
Yukarıçamurlu
Yukarıçiftlikköy
Yukarıtopraklı

References

^ a b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ Parrot, p. xxix.
^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.