Bahçesaray (, ) is municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 426 km2, and its population is 13,495 (2022). It was a bucak in Pervari District of Siirt Province until 1964 and in Gevaş district of Van Province between 1964 and 1987. It is at a distance of from Van. The town is built on the banks of the Bahçesaray River.
History The district corresponds to Historical Armenia's Mok Arandznak district, which was part of the greater province of Moxoene. The district has several ancient Armenian monasteries and churches.Sinclair, T. A. (1987), pp. 234–237 The Aparank monastery is located in the vicinity of the town.Sinclair, T. A. (1987), pp. 238–239
In the 19th century Bahçesaray was the center of the Kurdish Emirate of Miks, until the emirate was defeated by troops of the Ottoman Empire in 1846.
2020 avalanches
On 4 and 5 February 2020, a pair of avalanches struck a highway in the district, leaving at least 41 people dead and 84 others injured.
Composition There are 20 neighbourhoods in Bahçesaray District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Akyayla Altındere Altıntaş Arvas Bağcılar Çatbayır Cevizlibelen Çiçekli Çömlekçi Elmayaka Fekiye Teyran Güneyyamaç İslam Kaşıkçılar Paşaköy Şişli Ulubeyli Ünlüce Yaşlıkavak Yaylakonak
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