Arguvan
Arguvan | |
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District and municipality | |
 Map showing Arguvan District in Malatya Province | |
  Arguvan Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°46′31″N 38°16′16″E / 38.77528°N 38.27111°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Malatya |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ersoy Eren (CHP) |
Area | 1,096 km2 (423 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,150 m (3,770 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 6,869 |
| • Density | 6.267/km2 (16.23/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 44960 |
| Area code | 0422 |
| Website | www |
Arguvan (Kurdish: Erxewan/Arxewan)[2] is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,096 km2,[4] and its population is 6,869 (2022).[1] The mayor is Ersoy Eren (CHP).
Composition
[edit]There are 49 neighbourhoods in Arguvan District:[5]
- Akören
- Alhasuşağı
- Armutlu
- Aşağısülmenli
- Asar
- Asmaca
- Bahçeli
- Bahçelievler
- Bozan
- Çakmak
- Çavuşköy
- Çayırlı
- Çevreli
- Çiftlik
- Dolaylı
- Doydum
- Ermişli
- Eymir
- Göçeruşağı
- Gökağaç
- Gümüşlü
- Güngören
- Gürge
- Güveçli
- Hakverdi
- İçmece
- İsaköy
- Karababa
- Karababa
- Karahüyük
- Kızık
- Kızıluşağı
- Koçak
- Kömürlük
- Konakbaşı
- Kuruttaş
- Kuyudere
- Morhamam
- Narmikan
- Parçikan
- Şotik
- Tarlacık
- Tatkınık
- Tepebağ
- Yamaç
- Yeni
- Yeniköy
- Yoncalı
- Yukarısülmenli
- Yürektaşı
Demographics
[edit]The majority of the district is Alevi from both Kurdish and Turkish ethnicity. The Kurdish Atman tribe reside in ten villages and hamlets in the district. Other Kurdish tribes include the Direjan, Kurecik,[6] and the Parçikan.[7]
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Kurdish and Turkish). p. 55.
- ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 292–293 & 303.
- ↑ "Parçikanlılar Boran'ı Destekliyor". Türkiye Haber Ajansi (in Turkish). 14 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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