Keban[3] is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. In the local elections 2019 the independent Fethiye Atlı was elected as Mayor.[4] The population was 4,857 in 2012.
Keban | |
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Town | |
![]() Keban Dam | |
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Coordinates: 38°47′33″N 38°44′38″E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Elazığ |
Government | |
• Mayor | Fethiye Atlı |
• Kaymakam | Ersin Tepeli |
Area | |
• District | 509.67 km2 (196.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 780 m (2,560 ft) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 4,860 |
• District | 6,579 |
• District density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
Post code | 23700 |
Climate | Csa |
Website | www.keban.bel.tr |
Keban is at the west of Elazığ Province and 46 km. far away from province center. At the east of Keban, there is Elazığ Province. At west, Arapgir District of Malatya Province, at north there is Çemişgezek District of Tunceli Province, at northwest, Ağın District, at south, Baskil province. There is the second biggest dam of Turkey, Keban Dam.
In 1927, 20.4% of the population in the district spoke Kurdish as their mother tongue,[5] while that number rose to 39% in 1968.[6]
Village | Composition |
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Keban town[7] | Kurdish and Turkmen |
Akçatepe[8] | Kurdish (Zirki tribe) |
Akgömlek[9] | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe) |
Altınkürek[10] | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe) |
Altıyaka[11] | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe) |
Aslankaşı[12] | Kurdish |
Aşağıçakmak[13] | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe) |
Bademli[14] | Kurdish |
Bahçeli | Kurdish (Milan tribe)[15] |
Bayındır[16] | Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe) |
Beydeğirmeni[17] | Kurdish (Milan tribe) |
Bölükçalı | |
Büklümlü | |
Çalık[18] | Turkmen |
Çevrekaya[19] | Kurdish |
Denizli[20] | Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth) |
Dürümlü[21] | Kurdish and Turkish |
Gökbelen[8] | Kurdish (Zirki tribe) |
Göldere[8] | Kurdish (Zirki tribe) |
Güneytepe | |
Kopuzlu[22] | Turkmen |
Koyunuşağı[23] | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe) |
Kurşunkaya[24] | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe) |
Kuşçu[18] | Turkmen |
Nimri[25] | Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth) |
Örenyaka[26] | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe) |
Sağdıçlar | |
Taşkesen[27] | Kurdish (Parçikan tribe) |
Topkıran[18] | Turkmen |
Ulupınar[28] | Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe) |
Üçpınar[29] | Kurdish (Zeyve tribe) |
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