Kâhta
{{Short description|City in Adıyaman Province, Turkey}}
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| image_skyline = Kahta-castle.jpg
| image_caption = Kâhta castle
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| coordinates = {{coord|37|46|49|N|38|37|18|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province = Adıyaman
| district = Kâhta
| leader_party = AKP
| leader_name = Mehmet Can Hallaç
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| population_total = 86232
| population_as_of = 2021
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| postal_code = 02400
| website = {{URL|http://www.kahta.bel.tr/}}
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Kâhta ({{IPA|tr|ˈcahta}}; {{langx|ku|Kolîk}},{{cite web |title=Adıyaman - İbrahim Sediyani |url=https://www.haksozhaber.net/adiyaman-17586yy.htm |website=Haksöz Haber |access-date=17 December 2019 |language=tr |date=28 August 2010}} {{Langx|ota|کولک|translit=Kölük}}Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 264.) is a city in Adıyaman Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kâhta District.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Its population is 86,232 (2021).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021|url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=12 January 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=tr |format=XLS}} The city is populated by Kurds from the Reşwan tribe.{{Cite journal|last=Kaiser|first=Hilmar|date=2019|title=Financing the Ruling Party and Its Militants in Wartime: The Armenian Genocide and the Kemah Massacres of 1915|url=https://journals.openedition.org/eac/1942|journal=Études arméniennes contemporaines|volume=12|issue=12|pages=7–31|doi=10.4000/eac.1942|doi-access=free}}{{Cite book|title=Aşiretler raporu|publisher=Kaynak Yayınları|year=2014|isbn=978-975-343-220-7|pages=24|language=tr}}
Neighborhoods
Climate
Kâhta has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa),{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}} with pronounced seasons. Summers are very hot and dry, and winters are cool and wet.
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| location = Kâhta (1991–2020)
| Jan high C = 8.4
| Feb high C = 10.1
| Mar high C = 15.1
| Apr high C = 20.6
| May high C = 26.9
| Jun high C = 33.5
| Jul high C = 38.0
| Aug high C = 38.0
| Sep high C = 32.9
| Oct high C = 25.8
| Nov high C = 16.8
| Dec high C = 10.5
| year high C = 23.1
| Jan mean C = 4.6
| Feb mean C = 5.8
| Mar mean C = 10.1
| Apr mean C = 15.0
| May mean C = 20.7
| Jun mean C = 27.1
| Jul mean C = 31.4
| Aug mean C = 31.3
| Sep mean C = 26.2
| Oct mean C = 19.8
| Nov mean C = 11.8
| Dec mean C = 6.6
| year mean C = 17.6
| Jan low C = 1.7
| Feb low C = 2.3
| Mar low C = 5.9
| Apr low C = 9.9
| May low C = 14.8
| Jun low C = 20.8
| Jul low C = 25.1
| Aug low C = 24.5
| Sep low C = 20.1
| Oct low C = 14.9
| Nov low C = 8.1
| Dec low C = 3.6
| year low C = 12.7
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 130.94
| Feb precipitation mm = 99.36
| Mar precipitation mm = 75.45
| Apr precipitation mm = 59.96
| May precipitation mm = 34.42
| Jun precipitation mm = 8.23
| Jul precipitation mm = 1.24
| Aug precipitation mm = 0.71
| Sep precipitation mm = 7.34
| Oct precipitation mm = 48.28
| Nov precipitation mm = 74.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 124.78
| year precipitation mm = 665.51
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 9.2
| Feb precipitation days = 9.0
| Mar precipitation days = 8.0
| Apr precipitation days = 6.8
| May precipitation days = 4.7
| Jun precipitation days = 1.7
| Jul precipitation days = 1.1
| Aug precipitation days = 1.2
| Sep precipitation days = 2.5
| Oct precipitation days = 4.4
| Nov precipitation days = 6.2
| Dec precipitation days = 9.0
| year precipitation days = 63.8
| Jan humidity = 65.3
| Feb humidity = 62.9
| Mar humidity = 58.2
| Apr humidity = 56.3
| May humidity = 48.6
| Jun humidity = 32.8
| Jul humidity = 26.0
| Aug humidity = 27.4
| Sep humidity = 31.4
| Oct humidity = 43.2
| Nov humidity = 55.6
| Dec humidity = 65.9
| year humidity = 47.7
| source = NOAA{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Kahta_17910.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Kâhta
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 15, 2024}}
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Notable people
- Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat (1943-2019), Kurdish politician who was one of the founders of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2001
- Ahmet Aydın (*1971), Kurdish Politician
- Mehmet Yavuz (1973-2019), Kurdish politician and teacher in Turkey who led the Kurdish Islamist Free Cause Party from May 2018 until 7 October 2018
References
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Category:Populated places in Adıyaman Province
Category:Kurdish settlements in Adıyaman Province
Category:District municipalities in Turkey
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