Özalp, Van

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Özalp ( until 1928 Kargalı, Kurdish: Qerqelî ) is a town and a district in Turkey. It belongs to the province of Van in eastern Anatolia and lies. Özalp lies to the east of the province, bordering Iran. The district has 75 324 inhabitants Özalp, the city 11,476 (as of 2011 ). The city is the provincial capital of Van and 63 km. For district includes 52 villages.

The county is on average 2100 m high and consists of mountains, valleys and plains. The highest mountain is the Pir Resit at 3200 meters, followed by Hızırbaba Dagi ( 3010 meters ) and İsabey Dagi (3000 meters ). Other high mountains are: Nezarabat ( 2950 m), Beyazitağa Dagi ( 2880 meters), AHTA Dagi ( 2810 meters), Kuruhayal Dagi (2700 meters), I Ömer Dagi (2700 meters), Seydo Dagi ( 2675 meters), Ziyaret Dagi ( 2670 m) and Melek Dagi ( 2560m ).

The winters are long and cold, dry summers. The temperatures vary throughout the year between -35 ° C and 35 ° C.

Named is the place after Kâzım Özalp, an important military and politicians.