Yayladere

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Yayladere / XolXol
Yayladere town
Yayladere town
Yayladere / XolXol is located in Turkey
Yayladere / XolXol
Yayladere / XolXol
Coordinates: 39°13′28″N 40°04′21″E / 39.22444°N 40.07250°E / 39.22444; 40.07250Coordinates: 39°13′28″N 40°04′21″E / 39.22444°N 40.07250°E / 39.22444; 40.07250
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBingöl
Government
 • MayorSabri Akyürek (CHP)
 • KaymakamAdem Ergül
Area
[1]
 • District429.74 km2 (165.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
1,249
 • District
2,019
 • District density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Post code
12500
Websitewww.yayladere.bel.tr

Yayladere (Kurdish: Xolxol)[3] is a town and county of Bingöl Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It had previously been a sanjak (district) of the Vilayet of Erzurum.[4]The county has an area of 430 km2 and is bordered on the west by Tunceli and Elazığ to the south. The Peri River forms the natural border to Elazig. The area is about 1,600 m above sea level. The mountains up to 2,800 m high. The two largest are the Sülbüs / Selbuz (2,884 m) and Sultan Mehmet / Taru. The local population is Kurdish with previous Armenian communities. The mayor is Sabri Akyürek (CHP).[5] The district has twenty-six villages and eighty hamlets, most of the population are Alevi Muslims, however in recent decades there has been a shift towards sunni Islam. There are 2,000 people living in the district as per 2007 estimates. It is known for its goat dishes.

References[]

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Maps| Vilayet of Erzurum| Kaza of Keghi:: Houshamadyan - a project to reconstruct Ottoman Armenian town and village life". www.houshamadyan.org. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  5. ^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Bingöl Yayladere Seçim Sonuçları – Yayladere Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
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