Çatak

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Çatak

Total population

20,937

Coordinates38.01°, 43.06°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Çatak is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,952 km2, and its population is 18,462 (2022). Its inhabitants are Kurds. As mayor Abdürrahman Şeylan from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) was elected in the local elections in March 2019, Sercan Sakarya is the current Kaymakam, installed in August 2022.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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

Nearby places in Van

• Bahçesaray
  15.9 mi away · pop. 13,936
• Gürpınar
  28.9 mi away · pop. 36,133
• Edremit
  30.9 mi away · pop. 121,437
• Van
  38.7 mi away · pop. 1,141,015
• İpekyolu
  38.9 mi away · pop. 291,112
• Tuşba
  38.9 mi away · pop. 163,320
• Başkale
  52.2 mi away · pop. 54,204
• Özalp
  67.6 mi away · pop. 68,491
• Erciş
  72.5 mi away · pop. 173,203
• Saray
  74.8 mi away · pop. 21,712
• Muradiye
  77.8 mi away · pop. 50,247
• Çaldıran
  90.3 mi away · pop. 65,059

Browse all places in Van →

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 Çatak

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Stout magician

Saga ephippigera

Seen 2026-08-18

Migrant Hawker

Aeshna mixta

Seen 2026-08-18

Southern White Admiral

Limenitis reducta

Seen 2026-08-17

Sandy Darter

Sympetrum arenicolor

Seen 2026-08-17

Southern Darter

Sympetrum meridionale

Seen 2026-08-17

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-08-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).