Tutak
Encyclopedia
Tutak is a town and a district of Ağrı Province
in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey
. It is located on a small plain surrounded by high mountains and watered by the Murat River
, on the road from the city of Ağrı
to the district of Patnos
. It covers an area of 1,562 km², and the altitude is 1,535 m. Population (2010) is 34,812 of which 7,170 live in the town of Tutak, and the majority in the surrounding countryside. The mayor is Bülent Osman Osmanağaoğlu (SP).
Tutak is a small town providing schools, a hospital and other basic amenities to this impoverished rural district. The main source of income in the district is grazing livestock on the mountainside.
Winters are long and hard with a lot of snow, summers are hot and dry.
Agri Province
The Ağrı Province is a province in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east, Kars to the North, Erzurum to the Northwest, Muş and Bitlis to the Southwest, Van to the south, and Iğdır to the northeast. Area 11,376 km². Population 542,022 ....
in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. It is located on a small plain surrounded by high mountains and watered by the Murat River
Murat River
The Murat River or Eastern Euphrates is the major source of the Euphrates. It was also called Arsanias in antiquity. The river originates near Mount Ararat north of Lake Van, in eastern Turkey, and flows westward for through mountainous area...
, on the road from the city of Ağrı
Agri
Agri may refer to:* As shorthand or prefix referring to agriculture* Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development * Azerbaijan–Georgia–Romania Interconnector * Ağrı, a city in eastern Turkey* the Agri in southern Italy...
to the district of Patnos
Patnos
Patnos is a district of Ağrı Province of Turkey on a plain surrounded by high mountains including Süphan, watered by tributaries of the Murat River. 82 km south of the city of Ağrı on the road to Van...
. It covers an area of 1,562 km², and the altitude is 1,535 m. Population (2010) is 34,812 of which 7,170 live in the town of Tutak, and the majority in the surrounding countryside. The mayor is Bülent Osman Osmanağaoğlu (SP).
Tutak is a small town providing schools, a hospital and other basic amenities to this impoverished rural district. The main source of income in the district is grazing livestock on the mountainside.
Winters are long and hard with a lot of snow, summers are hot and dry.
See also
- 2007 Ağrı earthquake2007 Agri earthquakeThe 2007 Agirî earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0, was centered in the town of Tutak, in the Ağrı Province of eastern Turkey. Authorities said the quake had demolished homes in at least two villages and they were still looking for casualties...