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Kale
District and municipality
Map showing Kale District in Malatya Province
KaleLocation in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°24′58″N 38°46′00″E / 38.41611°N 38.76667°E / 38.41611; 38.76667
Country	Turkey
Province	Malatya
Government
• Mayor	Murat Koca (AKP)
Area	237 km (92 sq mi)
Population	5,571
• Density	24/km (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	44370
Area code	0422
Website	malatyakale.bel.tr

Kale (Kurdish: Îzolî/Qela) is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 237 km, and its population is 5,571 (2022). The mayor is Murat Koca (AKP).

History

The town of Gubbōs (also Gūbōs), which flourished in the Middle Ages and was also the seat of a Syriac Orthodox diocese, is likely to have been located in the municipality.

Composition

There are 28 neighbourhoods in Kale District:

• Abuşoğlu
• Akça
• Akuşağı
• Bağlıca
• Bent
• Çanakçı
• Darıpınar
• Dedeköy
• Düztarla
• Erdemli
• Gülenköy
• Güneyce
• İkizpınar
• Kale
• Karaağaç
• Karahüseyin
• Kıyıcak
• Kozluk
• Kumluyazı
• Mahmutdursun
• Salkımlı
• Sarıot
• Soğukpınar
• Tepebaşı
• Üçdeğirmen
• Uyanık
• Uzunhüseyin
• Yenidamlar

Demographics

The district is fully Sunni Kurdish with the exception of one Kurdish Alevi village.

References

1. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55.
3. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
4. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
5. Vest, Bernd Andreas (2007). Geschichte der Stadt Melitene und der umliegenden Gebiete: vom Vorabend der arabischen bis zum Abschluss der türkischen Eroberung (um 600-1124). Dr. Kovač. pp. 1029–1030. ISBN 978-3-8300-2575-7.
6. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
7. Ertürk, Kenan (2000). "Malatya'nın etnik yapısının siyasi hayata etkileri" (in Turkish). Istanbul: 138–139, 172. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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