Halfeli Municipality
Located in Iğdır İlçesi, Iğdır Province Coordinates: 39°53′17″ N 43°59′19″ E
- Population
- 8,365
- 8.4K
- Elevation
- 869 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+03:00
- Europe/Istanbul · UTC+03:00
- Airports
- IGD Iğdır Airport14 km
- EVN Zvartnots International Airport45 km
About Halfeli Municipality
Halfeli Municipality is a town. Location: Iğdır İlçesi, Iğdır Province. Population: 8,365. Elevation: 869 m.
Halfeli (Kurdish: Xelfelî, previously in Armenian: Վանքատեղ, romanized: Vank’ategh,) is a town (belde) in the Iğdır District, Iğdır Province, Turkey. Its population is 8,271 (2022). The towns economy relies on agriculture. Due to a climate milder than most other Eastern Anatolian towns, it has a variety of crops including cotton. Another revenue of the town is livestock trading. In the local elections of March 2019, Hasan Safa from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor.
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Climate of Halfeli Municipality
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May, October.
This month · November
Outside the best season
Day 12° · Night 2° · Rain 20 mm
Better nearby cities in November
- Silopi · 323 km southwest20°
- Cizre · 325 km southwest20°
- Hottest month
- July (day 33°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -7°)
- Wettest month
- May (53 mm)
- Driest month
- September (12 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 2° | 4° | 10° | 18° | 23° | 29° | 33° | 33° | 29° | 20° | 12° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -7° | -5° | 0° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 17° | 13° | 7° | 2° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 17 | 22 | 24 | 37 | 53 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 20 | 16 |
How to get to Halfeli Municipality
The nearest airport is Iğdır Airport (IGD), 14 km to the northwest as the crow flies. For international flights: Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) (45 km). The nearest large city is Iğdır, 6 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Iğdır Airport (IGD) Iğdır 14 kmnorthwest
- Zvartnots International Airport (EVN) Yerevan 45 kmnortheast
- Ağrı Airport (AJI) Ağrı 86 kmwest
Nearby large cities
- Iğdır Population: 101.7K 6 kmnortheast
- Ağrı Population: 124.5K 83 kmwest
- Van Population: 525K 163 kmsouth
- Rustavi Population: 128.2K 204 kmnortheast
- Tbilisi Population: 1M 213 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Halfeli Municipality
Within 100 km: 57 historic and cultural sites, 167 natural sites, 131 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km21 places
- Erhacı Gölü Lake 11 kmE
- Sıçanlı Dağ Mountain 18 kmSW
- Pamukdağı Tepe Mountain 16 kmSE
- Akpınar Tepesi Mountain 18 kmSW
25–60 km103 places
- Saz Gölü Lake 25 kmS
- Gölyüzü Gölü Lake 34 kmSE
- Lake Balık Lake 38 kmW
- Abbasgöl Lake 32 kmW
60–100 km231 places
- Ani Historic site 77 kmNW
- Turna Gölü Lake 94 kmNW
- Papak Gölü Lake 99 kmW
- Gelört Gölü Lake 98 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Kızmezarı Tepesi Mountain, Iğdır İlçesi7.9 km W
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Zorköy Deresi River, Karabük Province5.2 km SW
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Kanber Deresi River, Iğdır Province5.5 km W
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Kızılcık Tepesi Mountain, Iğdır İlçesi9.8 km E
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Genuti Mountain, Iğdır Province9.6 km E
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Çarşela Tepesi Mountain, Iğdır İlçesi13 km SW
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Merelikasımtiği Tepesi Mountain, Iğdır İlçesi15 km E
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Mağara Tepesi Mountain, Iğdır İlçesi18 km SE
Sources & licences
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