Akçakale () is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its area is 1,038 km2, and its population is 123,721 (2022).
Akçakale forms a divided city with Tell Abyad in Syria, maintaining a border crossing. The Mayor is Mehmet Yalçınkaya (AKP). The current District Governor is Onur Şan.
Syrian Civil War
On October 3, 2012, Akçakale was hit by shells from across the Syrian border in Tell Abyad, killing five civilians.La Turquie riposte après des tirs d'obus syriens sur son sol, Le Figaro, 04/10/2012 In October 2014, there was an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant presence in the town, due to the porous nature of the border at that time between Akçakale and Tell Abyad, which was then part of the Islamic State.
Geography There are 120 neighbourhoods in Akçakale District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Acıkuyu Adnan Menderes Akbilek Akçaköy Akçalı Akdiken Akkeçi Aksahrınç Alatlar Alıncak Arıcan Aşağı Beğdeş Aşağı Çinpolat Aşağıderen Aslanlı Atatürk Aydınlı Ayranlı Ayyıldız Baykuş Bilece Bolatlar Boybeyi Buket Bulutlu Büyücek Büyük Naneli Büyüktaş Büyüktokaç Çakırlar Cevher Ceylanlı Çokalan Çömlekçi Çukurca Deniz Dibek Donandı Dorumali Düzce Edebey Eke Ekinyazı Erdemler Erecek Fatih Sultan Mehmet Fevzi Çakmak Fişenge Geçittepe Gölbaşı Gülveren Gündaş Güneren Güvenç Hacıekber Hürriyet İkizce İncedere Karatepe Kayaca Kayalık Keçili Kelebek Kepezli Kılıçlı Kırmıtlı Koruklu Köseören Küçük Hacıekber Kurudere Mavitaş Menzil Mermer Milköy Narlıova Nimet Nusretiye Ohali Okaylar Öncül Onortak Ortaderen Ortaören Osmanlı Pekmezli Şahinler Şahinsoylu Sakça Salihler Şanlı Şefkat Şehitnusretbey Sevimli Seyrantepe Sınırgören Süleymanşah Taşkınlar Tatlıca Topçu Turgut Özal Tuzluca Uğraklı Uğurhan Uğurtaş Vize Yağmuralan Yalınlı Yazlıca Yediyol Yeni Yenişehir Yeşerti Yukarı Beğdeş Yukarı Çinpolat Yukarı Çukurca Yukarıderen Yusufbey Zenginova Zeytindalı Zorlu
Akçakale is at the southern end of the State road D.885.
Climate Akçakale has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh).
Sport The Akçakale Belediyespor plays in the Akçakale ilçe Stadium and competes currently in the Turkish amateur league.
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