{{Short description|District of Ardahan Province, Turkey}} {{Infobox Turkey place | type = district | name = | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_shield = | image_map = Ardahan location Damal.png | map_caption = Map showing Damal District in Ardahan Province | coordinates = {{coord|41|21|N|42|51|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | province = Ardahan | seat = [[Damal]] | leader_party = | leader_name = Semih Cembekli | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 165 | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 5127 | population_as_of = 2021 | website = {{url|http://www.damal.gov.tr/}} }} '''Damal District''' is a [[Districts of Turkey|district]] of [[Ardahan Province]] of Turkey. Its seat is the town [[Damal]].<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 area is 165 km<sup>2</sup>,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> and its population in 2021 was 5,127.<ref>{{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>
The district is populated by [[Alevism|Alevi]] [[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>
==Composition== There is one [[municipality]] in Damal District:<ref name=ilce/> * [[Damal]]
There are 7 [[villages of Turkey|villages]] in Damal District:<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy] {{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 15 January 2023.</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * [[Burmadere, Damal|Burmadere]] * [[Dereköy, Damal|Dereköy]] * [[Eskikılıç, Damal|Eskikılıç]] * [[İkizdere, Damal|İkizdere]] * [[Otağlı, Damal|Otağlı]] * [[Seyitören, Damal|Seyitören]] * [[Tepeköy, Damal|Tepeköy]] {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Ardahan}} {{Damal District}}
[[Category:Districts of Ardahan Province]] [[Category:Damal District|*]]
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