Çat

Çat is a wildlife development area in Çat district of Erzurum Province, eastern Anatolia. It was declared on 16 October 2005, with the horned mountain goat (çengel boynuzlu dağ keçisi) as its target species, and is managed by the ministry's 13th Regional Directorate^[1].

The mountain goat is the species the area was designated to protect^[1].

Çat is a high, cold district of eastern Anatolia, where upland meadows and steppe replace the forest found nearer the coast.

Çat lies at about 39°37′N 40°59′E in eastern Anatolia's highlands^[2].

Çat has a humid continental climate with cool summers, classed as Dsb^[2].

Çat district covers 1,448 km2 and had a population of 15,556 in 2022^[2].

The wildlife development area was declared on 16 October 2005^[1].

The area is a remote upland landscape; Çat town is the nearest settlement.

Çat town, about 10 km away, is the nearest settlement and the district centre^[2].

The area is one of Türkiye's wildlife development areas, a ministry designation whose goal is to protect and increase a target species, here the horned mountain goat^[1].