Varto

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Varto

Total population

30,869

Coordinates39.17°, 41.45°

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

Overview

Varto is a town in Muş Province, Turkey. It is the seat of Varto District. Varto was elected from the DEM Party in the 2024 Turkish Local Elections, with Giyasettin Aydemir serving as the mayor. According to the 2024 population census, the district's total population is 29,174.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Helin Evrim Sommer

German politician

Nilüfer Akbal

Turkish singer (born 1969)

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Nizamettin Taş

Turkish politician of Kurdish ancestry (born 1961)

Cibranlı Halid Bey

Turkish military officer and statesperson of Kurdish ancestry (1882–1925)

Ş

Şerafettin Kaya

Turkish social reformer (1929–2022)

V

Veli Ballı

Turkish long-distance runner (born 1949)

G

Gökhan Sinanoğlu

Turkish association football player (born 1986)

A

Akîf Kendal

B

Baba Kekil

C

Cîhan Roj

Turkish writer (born 1965)

D

Deniz Gündüz

Turkish writer (born 1976)

D

Dîlo

Personality of Kurdish history

H

Haşim Öztunç

Lerzan Jandîl

Turkish writer

R

Rotînda

Kurdish musician and guerilla (born 1963)

R

Roşna

Turkish singer

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

Nearby places in Muş

• Muş
  30.5 mi away · pop. 116,707
• Korkut
  34.7 mi away · pop. 25,845
• Hasköy
  36.1 mi away · pop. 26,245
• Bulanık
  44.1 mi away · pop. 81,330
• Malazgirt
  58.2 mi away · pop. 52,606
• M'Guiden
  2351.3 mi away
• Tabelkouza
  2385.9 mi away
• Taantast
  2388.2 mi away
• Tazliza
  2388.8 mi away
• Zaouiet Debagh
  2390.3 mi away
• Ain Hammou
  2390.4 mi away
• Fatis
  2392.6 mi away

Browse all places in Muş →

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 Varto

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Domestic Dog

Canis familiaris

Seen 2025-07-12

Yellow V Moth

Oinophila v-flava

Seen 2024-07-24

Bulbous Bluegrass

Poa bulbosa

Seen 2024-05-12

Booted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

Seen 2020-06-27

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Seen 2020-06-25

Black Stork

Ciconia nigra

Seen 2020-06-23

Green-underside Blue

Glaucopsyche alexis

Seen 2019-06-07

Mediterranean Hawkmoth

Hyles nicaea

Seen 2018-08-14

Neottiglossa leporina

Neottiglossa leporina

Seen 2009-05-17

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