Aralık
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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = municipality
| name = Aralık
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| coordinates = {{coord|39|52|22|N|44|31|09|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province = Iğdır
| district = Aralık
| leader_party = AKP
| leader_name = Mustafa Güzelkaya
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| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_m = 821
| population_total = 5809
| population_as_of = 2022
| postal_code = 76500
| area_code = 0476
| website = {{url|https://www.aralik.bel.tr/}}
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Aralık ({{langx|az|Aralıq}}; {{langx|ku|Başan}};{{cite book |author1=İbrahim Sediyani |title=Adını arayan coğrafya |date=2009 |publisher=Özedönüş Yayınları |isbn=9786054296002 |page=187}} {{langx|hy|Արալիխ|translit=Aralikh}}; {{langx|ru|Аралык|translit=Aralyk}}) is a town in the Iğdır Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Aralık District.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 5,809 (2022). Aralık lies near the right bank of the river Aras, across the border from the Armenian town Artashat. It is the location of the Aras corridor, which connects Turkey with Azerbaijan. The town of Aralık is mainly inhabited by Azerbaijanis.{{cite book|last=Parrot|first=Friedrich|authorlink=Friedrich Parrot|translator=William Desborough Cooley|others=Introduction by Pietro A. Shakarian|title =Journey to Ararat|publisher=Gomidas Institute|place=London|date=2016|orig-year=1846|pages=xxvi–xxvii|isbn=978-1909382244}}
Government
Mustafa Güzelkaya was elected mayor of Aralık in the local elections of March 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sabah.com.tr/secim/31-mart-2019-yerel-secim-sonuclari/igdir/aralik/ilcesi-yerel-secim-sonuclari|title=Iğdır Aralık Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri|website=www.sabah.com.tr|access-date=2019-12-19}}
Demographics
{{Historical populations
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|source = Russian population censuses (1908–1914),{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417314 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1910 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1910 |edition=65th |publication-place=Tiflis |pages=182 |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1910 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315211448/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417314 |archive-date=15 March 2022}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417320 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1915 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1915 |edition=70th |publication-place=Tiflis |pages=89 |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1915 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104234033/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417320 |archive-date=4 November 2021}} Turkish population censuses (1980-1997){{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | title = 1980 General Census | date = 1980 | publisher = Turkish Statistical Institute | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220617101828/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf | archive-date = 17 June 2022 | url-status = live }}{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | title = 1985 General Census | date = 1986 | publisher = Turkish Statistical Institute | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210522110755/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf | archive-date = 22 May 2021 | url-status = live }}{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | title = 1990 General Census | date = 1991 | publisher = Turkish Statistical Institute | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210831205734/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf | archive-date = 31 August 2021 | url-status = live }}{{Cite web | url = https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | title = 1997 Population Count | date = 1999 | publisher = Turkish Statistical Institute | language = Turkish | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221030113057/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2022 | url-status = live }} and TÜIK (2007-2022){{cite web|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |title=Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters|publisher=TÜIK |access-date=24 March 2023}}
|1908|1756
|1914|1988
|1980|3762
|1985|4409
|1990|4201
|1997|7084
|2007|7239
|2012|6986
|2017|6253
|2022|5809
}}
References
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Category:Populated places in Iğdır Province
Category:Kurdish settlements in Turkey
Category:District municipalities in Turkey
Category:Populated places in Aralık District
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