Damal

{{Short description|Town in Ardahan Province, Turkey}} {{Infobox Turkey place | type = municipality | name = Damal | other_name = | image_skyline = Damal.JPG | image_caption = | image_shield = | coordinates = {{coord|41|20|30|N|42|50|30|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | province = Ardahan | district = Damal | leader_party = Independent | leader_name = Kemal Çamliyurt | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/> | population_total = 2890 | population_as_of = 2021 | postal_code = 75600 | area_code = | website = {{URL|http://www.damal.bel.tr/}} }} '''Damal''', formerly '''Petereke''', is a town in [[Ardahan Province]] of [[Turkey]], on the road from [[Kars]] to [[Posof]]. It is the seat of [[Damal District]].<ref name=ilce>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306001414/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2023-03-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.</ref> Its population is 2,890 (2021).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021|url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=12 January 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=tr |format=XLS}}</ref> It consists of 8 quarters, including [[İnönü, Damal|İnönü]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306001414/https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx |date=2023-03-06 }}, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 16 January 2023.</ref> The town is populated by [[Turkoman (ethnonym)|Turkmens]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |title=Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey |year=1989 |editor-last=Peter Alfred |editor-first=Andrews |pages=279 |editor-last2=Benninghaus |editor-first2=Rüdiger}}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in Ardahan Province]] [[Category:Damal District]] [[Category:District municipalities in Turkey]]