Çaldıran (Kurdish: Ebex,[2] Armenian: Աբաղա, romanized: Abaġa) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.

[6] Şefık Ensari from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) who came in second in the elections was given the mayorship instead.

[8] In the district was found an archaeological site of a former building on a hill 2000 m above sea level.

[9] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chaldiran In June 2022, Turkish-Mongolian archaeologists led by Ersel Çağlıtütuncigil announced the discovery of the ruins of a summer palace (caravanserai) thought to have been constructed by the Mongol Ilkhanate State ruler Hulagu Khan and decorated with swastika or "tamga" shaped roof tiles in the 1260s.

Summers are mild and dry and winters are cold and snowy, with very low temperatures, due to its elevation.