Akçadağ

Akçadağ is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,118 km², and its population is 27,872. the kaymakam is Adem Topaca.

Geography

Akçadağ is at an altitude of 1,050 m above sea level and the district is considered mountainous.

History

In Roman times, Akçadağ was known as Arca and became in the times of emperor Hadrian or Marcus Aurelius a colonia. The town became later a bishopric, whose bishops participated in the councils of 431, 451, 553 and 680-81. In the Byzantine Empire, the town was known as Arka.
Akçadağ and its surroundings, particularly during the Dulkadir Beylik period, witnessed significant settlement by various Turkmen communities. Alongside the Harbendelu and Mihmadlu Yörüks, who formed the core of the Dulkadir population, Oghuz tribes such as Avşar, Kınık, Karkın, Döğer, and Bayındır settled in the region at different times, leading to its complete Turkification. Today, village names and surnames bearing these tribal names are still commonly encountered. Ottoman chronicles record that Yıldırım Bayezid seized Malatya from the Turkmens.
On 24 Jan 2020, the town was impacted by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.

Composition

There are 77 neighbourhoods in Akçadağ District:

Aksaray
Aksüt
Aktepe
Aliçeri
Altınlı
Ancar
Aşağıörükçü
Aydınlar
Bağköy
Bahri
Başpınar
Bayramuşağı
Bekiruşağı
Bölüklü
Büyükçimiş
Büyükköy
Çakılpınarı
Çatalbahçe
Çevirme
Çobanuşağı
Darıca
Dedeköy
Demirciler
Develi
Doğanlar
Doğantepe
Doğu
Dümüklü
Durulova
Dutlu
Eğin
Esenbey
Esenli
Fatih
Gölpınar
Güneşli
Gürkaynak
Hançerli
Hartut
Harunuşağı
İkinciler
Ilıcak
Kadıibrahim
Kahyalı
Karamağara
Karapınar
Kasımuşağı
Kayadibi
Keklikpınar
Keller
Kepez
Kolköy
Kömekavak
Kotangölü
Kozluca
Küçükkürne
Kültür
Kurtuşağı
Levent
Mezra
Mihmanlı
Muratlı
Ören
Ortaköy
Resuluşağı
Sahilköy
Sakalıuzun
Sarıhacı
Şeyhler
Taşevler
Taşolar
Tataruşağı
Yağmurlu
Yalınbudak
Yalınkaya
Yaylımlı
Yukarıörükçü