Akçatepe, Varto

Village in Muş Province, Turkey

Village in Muş, Turkey

39°05′13″N 41°50′19″E / 39.0869°N 41.8387°E / 39.0869; 41.8387CountryTurkeyProvinceMuşDistrictVartoPopulation

(2022)

272Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Akçatepe is a village in the Varto District of the Muş Province in east Turkey.^[1] As of 2022, it had a population of 272 people.^[2]

History

The old name of the village is Darabi, which means "willow" in Kurmanci in the records of 1902, and "Darabii Anér", which means "Aner willow" in the 1928 records.^[3]

Geology and geomorphology

Floods sometimes occur in the village with the overflow of streams coming from the Mount Kolibaba.^[4]

References

^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^ "Turkey settlements inventory" (in Turkish). Sevan Nişanyan. July 10, 2020. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020.
^ "Muş'ta sel nedeniyle büyük zarar". evrensel.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 2012-07-08.