Başkale district
Also known as Elbek, Ադամակերտ, Adamakert
thumb|300px|right| Ruins of the Armenian Saint Bartholomew Monastery in Başkale. It was in use by local [[Armenians until the Armenian genocide]]
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Başkale
- Turkey place.image_map
- Van location Başkale.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Başkale District in Van Province
- Turkey place.province
- Van
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 2727
- Turkey place.population_total
- 44168
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 65600
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0432
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- Demographics
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thumb|300px|right| Ruins of the Armenian Saint Bartholomew Monastery in Başkale. It was in use by local [[Armenians until the Armenian genocide]]
Başkale (, ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,727 km2, and its population is 44,168 (2022). The municipality Başkale was established in 1937. In the local elections of March 2019 Erkan Acar from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.
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