Aralık

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Overview

Aralık is a town in the Iğdır Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Aralık District. Its population is 5,809 (2022). Aralık lies near the right bank of the river Aras, across the border from the Armenian town Artashat. It is the location of the Aras corridor, which connects Turkey with Azerbaijan. The town of Aralık is mainly inhabited by Azerbaijanis.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Tigranes the Great

king of Armenia

Tigranes III

King of Armenia

A

Aratius

Armenian military commander

R

Rhahzadh

Military leader in the Sassanid Persian Empire

Vardan Mamikonian

Armenian military leader and saint

G

Grigor I Mamikonian

M

Mushegh III Mamikonian

killed fighting alongside the Persians at the Battle of Qadisiyya in 636

N

Narses

general of Kavadh I and Justinian I

A

Aramayis Barseghyan

Armenian politician

Varuzhan Yepremyan

Armenian painter

K

Karo Karapetyan

Armenian politician and lawyer

Kolyan Edgar

Russian judoka

Armen Rustamyan

Armenian politician

J

Jalinus

Sasanian general

Nikolay Tyrsa

Russian painter (1887-1942)

Sergo Karapetyan

Armenian politician (1948-2021)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iğdır

• Karakoyunlu
  19.4 mi away
• Iğdır
  25.1 mi away · pop. 192,785
• Tuzluca
  46.6 mi away
• Bang Tabun
  3812.4 mi away
• Ban Laem
  3817.1 mi away
• Phetchaburi
  3820 mi away · pop. 31,354
• Ban Lat
  3820.7 mi away
• Tha Yang
  3822.9 mi away
• Nong Chok
  3827.9 mi away
• Cha-am
  3834.8 mi away · pop. 31,354

Browse all places in Iğdır →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Aralık

Search results from Open Library.