Kâhta
City in Adıyaman Province, Turkey
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Kâhta (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈcahta]; Kurdish: Kolîk,[2] Ottoman Turkish: کولک, romanized: Kölük[3]) is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.[4] Its population is 86,232 (2021).[1] The city is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe.[2][5]
Kâhta | |
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Kâhta castle | |
  Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′49″N 38°37′18″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Adıyaman |
| District | Kâhta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Can Hallaç (AKP) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 86,232 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 02400 |
| Website | www |
Neighborhoods
The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Atatürk, Bağlar, Bayraktar, Cami, Cumhuriyet, Çobanlı, Fatih, Fırat, Gazi, Girne, Hürriyet, Karşıyaka, Menderes, Şeyhbaba, Turanlı, Turgut Özal, Yavuz Selim and Yeni.[4]
Climate
Kâhta has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),[6] with pronounced seasons. Summers are very hot and dry, and winters are cool and wet.
| Climate data for Kâhta (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.1 (59.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
33.5 (92.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 130.94 (5.16) |
99.36 (3.91) |
75.45 (2.97) |
59.96 (2.36) |
34.42 (1.36) |
8.23 (0.32) |
1.24 (0.05) |
0.71 (0.03) |
7.34 (0.29) |
48.28 (1.90) |
74.8 (2.94) |
124.78 (4.91) |
665.51 (26.20) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 63.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65.3 | 62.9 | 58.2 | 56.3 | 48.6 | 32.8 | 26.0 | 27.4 | 31.4 | 43.2 | 55.6 | 65.9 | 47.7 |
| Source: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943-2019), Kurdish politician who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001
- Ahmet Aydın (*1971), Kurdish Politician
- Mehmet Yavuz (1973-2019), Kurdish politician and teacher in Turkey who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from May 2018 until 7 October 2018
