Gevaş district
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Gevaş (; ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,544 km2, and its population is 26,918 (2022). In the last elections of March 2019, Murat Sezer from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected Mayor. As Kaymakam, Hamit Genç was appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoĝan in July 2019.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Gevaş
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- OTGevasHalimHatunTürbesi2.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Gevaş tomb
- Turkey place.image_map
- Van location Gevaş.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Gevaş District in Van Province
- Turkey place.province
- Van
- Turkey place.leader_party
- AKP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Murat Sezer
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 1544
- Turkey place.population_total
- 26918
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 65700
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0432
- Turkey place.other_name
- Vostan • Ոստան
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 28620
- Area
- 1544
- Elevation
- 1685
- Official website
- www.gevas.bel.tr
- Image
- Gevaş Türbe 02.JPG
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- Gevaş
- urban population
- 27442
- rural population
- 36406
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Gevaş (; ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,544 km2, and its population is 26,918 (2022). In the last elections of March 2019, Murat Sezer from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected Mayor. As Kaymakam, Hamit Genç was appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoĝan in July 2019.
The municipality is populated by Kurds.
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2 mapped locations