Sivrice (Kurdish: Xox),[3] is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Sivrice is on the shore of Lake Hazar.
Sivrice
Kurdish: Xox | |
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![]() Sivrice in the evening | |
![]() ![]() Sivrice | |
Coordinates: 38°26′48″N 39°18′42″E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Elazığ |
Government | |
• Mayor | Turgay Gündoğan (MHP) |
• Kaymakam | Yunus Emre Vural |
Area | |
• District | 647.88 km2 (250.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,266 m (4,154 ft) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 3,961 |
• District | 8,485 |
• District density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Post code | 23900 |
Climate | Csa |
Website | www.sivrice.bel.tr/index.html |
On 24 January 2020 the town was impacted by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.[4][5]
Sivrice district comprises the town of Sivrice and 50 villages; 29 Kurdish villages and 21 Turkish villages.[6]
Settlement[6] | Composition |
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Sivrice town | Kurdish, Muhacir Turkish |
Akbuğday | Kurdish |
Akseki | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Alaattin | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Alıncık | Turkish |
Aşağıçanakçı | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Başkaynak | Kurdish |
Bekçitepe | Kurdish |
Canuşağı | Kurdish |
Çatakkaya | Turkish |
Çevrimtaş | Turkish |
Çortunlu | Kurdish |
Dedeyolu | Turkish |
Dereboynu | Kurdish |
Dikmen | Turkish |
Doğanbağı | Turkish |
Dörtbölük | Kurdish |
Duygulu | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Elmasuyu | Kurdish |
Gelindere | Kurdish |
Görgülü | Kurdish |
Gözeli | Kurdish |
Günay | Kurdish |
Günbalı | Kurdish |
Hacılar | Turkish |
Haftasar | Kurdish |
Ilıncak | Turkish |
Kalaba | Turkish |
Kamışlık | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Kavak | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Kavallı | Turkish |
Kayabağları | Kurdish[8] |
Kayapınar | Turkish |
Kılıçkaya | Turkish |
Kösebayır | Kurdish |
Kürk | Turkish |
Mollaali | Kurdish |
Nergize | Kurdish |
Soğukpınar | Kurdish |
Sürek | Kurdish |
Tarlatepe | Kurdish |
Taşlıyayla | Kurdish[9] |
Topaluşağı | Kurdish |
Uslu | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Üçlerce | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Üğrük | Muhacir Turkish, Kurdish and Muslim Armenian[10] |
Yaruşağı | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
Yedikardeş | Kurdish |
Yedipınar | Kurdish |
Yukarıçanakçı | Kurdish |
Yürekkaya | Muhacir Turkish and Kurdish[7] |
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