Kâhta District is a district of Adıyaman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Kâhta. Its area is 1,274 km2, and its population is 127,534 (2021). On 12 October 2018, cave drawings which date back to the Paleolithic era, were discovered in the Kâhta district, due to the decline of Atatürk Reservoir waters by 10–15 meters.
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Composition
There are 3 municipalities in Kâhta District:
Akıncılar
Bölükyayla
Kâhta
There are 102 villages in Kâhta District:
Places of interest
Nemrut Dağı or Mount Nemrut - now a national park, famous for the antique statuary on the summit, dating back to the Commagene Kingdom.
Karakuş Tumulus, with a large statue of an eagle.
Kâhta castle
Severan Bridge, a Roman bridge.