Keban District

Keban District is a district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Keban.[1] Its area is 641 km2,[2] and its population is 6,210 (2021).[3] In 1927, 20.4% of the population in the district spoke Kurdish as their mother tongue,[4] while that number rose to 39% in 1968.[5]

Keban District
District
Map showing Keban District in Elazığ Province
Map showing Keban District in Elazığ Province
Keban District is located in Turkey
Keban District
Keban District
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°48′N 38°45′E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceElazığ
SeatKeban
Government
 • KaymakamErsin Tepeli
Area
641 km2 (247 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
6,210
 • Density9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Composition

There is 1 municipality in Keban District:[1]

There are 30 villages in Keban District:[6]

VillageComposition
Keban town[7]Kurdish and Turkmen
Akçatepe[8]Kurdish (Zirki tribe)
Akgömlek
Altınkürek[9]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Altıyaka[10]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)
Aslankaşı[11]Kurdish
Aşağıçakmak
Bademli[12]Kurdish
BahçeliKurdish (Milan tribe)[13]
Bayındır[14]Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe)
Beydeğirmeni[15]Kurdish (Milan tribe)
Bölükçalı
Büklümlü
Çalık[16]Turkmen
Çevrekaya
Denizli[17]Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth)
Dürümlü
Gökbelen[8]Kurdish (Zirki tribe)
Göldere[8]Kurdish (Zirki tribe)
Güneytepe
Kopuzlu
Koyunuşağı[18]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)
Kurşunkaya[19]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Kuşçu[16]Turkmen
Nimri[20]Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth)
Örenyaka[21]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)
Sağdıçlar
Taşkesen[22]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Topkıran[16]Turkmen
Ulupınar[23]Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe)
Üçpınar[24]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)

References
  1. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts". TÜİK. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. Sertel, Savaş (2015). "1927 nüfus sayımı sonuçlarına göre elazığ nüfusu" (in Turkish). Firat University. p. 308. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. Keban köylerinde, sosyo ekonomik yapı ve yeniden yerleşim sorunları (in Turkish). Ankara: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi. 1976. p. 174.
  6. Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. Cakar, Enver (2019). "19. Yüzyılda Keban: Demografik Yapı ve Meslekler" (in Turkish). Firat University. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. Çakar (2019), p. 7.
  9. Çakar, Enver (2012). Elazığ Baskil Yöresi Aşiretleri. Ertem Basım. p. 222. ISBN 9786058677609.
  10. "Vakıflar Dergisi 37. Sayı" (PDF) (in Turkish). 2012. p. 105. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  11. "Köylüler eski köy isimlerini geri istiyor". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. "Bir Sosyalist Yazar; Aziz Aydın Doğan" (in Turkish). Politika. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  13. "Evlenme" (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  14. "Sinemilliler: Bir Alevi Ocağı Ve Aşireti" (in Turkish). Pirha. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  15. "Alevîlik / Rea Haq" (in Turkish). 14 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  16. Çakar (2019), p. 11.
  17. "NİMRİ DEDE (İSMAİL DEHMEN)". www.habitat.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  18. Çakar (2019), p. 9.
  19. Çakar (2019), p. 22.
  20. İsmail Onarlı (2002). Şeyh Hasan aşireti: Anayurt'tan Anadolu'ya (in Turkish). Aydüşü Yayınları. p. 153.
  21. Çakar (2019), pp. 13–14.
  22. Çakar (2019), pp. 18–19.
  23. "Sinemilliler ve Sinemil Adı, Kökenleri". Pirha - Pir Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  24. Çakar (2019), p. 16.

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