Sivrice, Elazığ

Sivrice (Kurdish: Xox‎),[3] is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Sivrice is on the shore of Lake Hazar.

Sivrice
Sivrice in the evening
Sivrice
Coordinates: 38°26′48″N 39°18′42″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceElazığ
Government
 • MayorTurgay Gündoğan (MHP)
 • KaymakamSultan Doğru
Area
 • District647.88 km2 (250.15 sq mi)
Elevation
1,266 m (4,154 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
3,961
 • District
8,485
 • District density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Post code
23900
ClimateCsa
Websitewww.sivrice.bel.tr/index.html

History

Sivrice was attacked numerous times by the Arab armies during the Byzantine era and changed hands a number of times until the Seljuks took the area in 1071. The district came under the control of the İlhanites in 1243, the Mamelukes from 1366, the Akkoyunlu in 1465, and the Safavids from 1507.

The area came under the Ottoman Empire in 1514. The modern town dates only from the early 20th century, when Turkish immigrants from Romania, Yugoslavia and Russia were settled on the Euphrates flood plain between 1933 and 1940.

On 24 January 2020 the town was impacted by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.[4][5]

Brick, fertilizer and pottery manufacturing are significant parts of the local economy, and beekeeping is common. In 2014 the population was 8857.

Composition

Sivrice district comprises the town of Sivrice and 50 villages; 29 Kurdish or Zaza villages and 21 Turkish villages.[6]

Settlement[6]Composition
Sivrice townKurdish, Muhacir Turkish
AkbuğdayKurdish/Zaza
AksekiTurkish
AlaattinKurdish/Zaza
AlıncıkTurkish
AşağıçanakçıKurdish/Zaza
BaşkaynakKurdish/Zaza
BekçitepeKurdish/Zaza
CanuşağıKurdish/Zaza
ÇatakkayaTurkish
ÇevrimtaşTurkish
ÇortunluKurdish/Zaza
DedeyoluTurkish
DereboynuKurdish/Zaza
DikmenTurkish
DoğanbağıTurkish
DörtbölükKurdish/Zaza
DuyguluTurkish
ElmasuyuKurdish/Zaza
GelindereKurdish/Zaza
GörgülüKurdish/Zaza
GözeliKurdish/Zaza
GünayKurdish/Zaza
GünbalıKurdish/Zaza
HacılarTurkish
HaftasarKurdish/Zaza
IlıncakTurkish
KalabaTurkish
KamışlıkKurdish/Zaza
KavakKurdish/Zaza
KavallıTurkish
KayabağlarıTurkish
KayapınarTurkish
KılıçkayaTurkish
KösebayırKurdish/Zaza
KürkTurkish
MollaaliKurdish/Zaza
NergizeKurdish/Zaza
SoğukpınarKurdish/Zaza
SürekKurdish/Zaza
TarlatepeKurdish/Zaza
TaşlıyaylaTurkish
TopaluşağıKurdish/Zaza
UsluTurkish
ÜçlerceKurdish/Zaza
ÜğrükTurkish
YaruşağıKurdish/Zaza
YedikardeşKurdish/Zaza
YedipınarKurdish/Zaza
YukarıçanakçıKurdish/Zaza
YürekkayaTurkish

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. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. 6.7 magnitude earthquake 5 km from Doğanyol, Malatya, Turkey.
  5. Recent Earthquakes Near Doğanyol, Malatya, Turkey .
  6. Ahmet Buran; Muhammet Kaymaz (1996). "Sivrice yöresi ağızları (İnceleme-metin-sözlük)" (PDF) (in Turkish). Firat University: 13. Retrieved 19 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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