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 |
|---|---|
| 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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