Erdoğan, Varto

Village in Muş Province, Turkey

Village in Muş, Turkey

39°06′08″N 41°48′14″E / 39.1021°N 41.804°E / 39.1021; 41.804CountryTurkeyProvinceMuşDistrictVartoPopulation

(2022)^[1]

299Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Erdoğan is a village in the Varto District, Muş Province, in east Turkey.^[2] Its population is 299 (2022).^[1] The village is located south of the small Akdoğan lake.

History

The old name of the village is Avrîz in the records of 1928, and the word "avrêz" means "stream" in Kurmanci.^[3]

Geology and geomorphology

Floods sometimes occur in the village with the overflow of streams coming from the Hamurpet Mountains and Mount Kolibaba.^[4] Erdoğan and the plateau used for animal husbandry are located on the Akdoğan Mountains.^[5]

Education

There is a primary school in the village.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ "Turkey settlements inventory" (in Turkish). Sevan Nişanyan. July 20, 2020. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020.
^ "Muş'ta sel nedeniyle büyük zarar". evrensel.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-07-08.
^ "Muş ili'nde yaylaların dağılışı" (in Turkish). Turkish Studies-International Balkan University. March 2019. p. 23.
^ ERDOĞAN İLKOKULU, Ministry of National Education. Retrieved September 22, 2023.