Çelikhan District

Çelikhan District is a district of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Çelikhan.^[1] Its area is 444 km²,^[2] and its population is 15,294 (2021).^[3] The district was established in 1954.^[4]

Çelikhan District
District
Map showing Çelikhan District in Adıyaman Province
Çelikhan District Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°02′N 38°15′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Adıyaman
Seat	Çelikhan
Government
• Kaymakam	Murat Uz
Area	444 km2 (171 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	15,294
• Density	34/km2 (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Composition

There are 2 municipalities in Çelikhan District:^[1][5]

• Çelikhan (Komaşir)
• Pınarbaşı (Bulam)

There are 20 villages in Çelikhan District:^[6]

• Aksu (Bistigan)
• Altıntaş (Diregî)
• Askerhan (Eskeran)
• Bozgedik (Koltik)
• Çampınar
• Fatih
• Gölbağı (Aptulharab)
• İncirli
• Kalecik (Porga)
• Karaçayır (Xidiran)
• Karagöl (Golreş)
• Korucak (Rûtikan)
• Köseuşağı
• Mutlu (Şirfîn)
• Recep (Recew)
• Şerefhan (Şerefxan)
• Yağızatlı (Bistikan)
• Yeşilova
• Yeşiltepe
• Yeşilyayla (Gov)

Demography

Around 60% of the district is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe including the main town of Çelikhan.^[7]

References

1. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
2. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
3. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
4. "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
5. Belde Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
6. Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
7. Reşî, Şoreş (September 2002). "Konya - Kolik (Kâhta)". Veger (in Kurdish) (3): 15.