Keban

Keban[3] is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. In the local elections 2019 the independent Fethiye Atlı was elected as Mayor.[4] The population was 4,857 in 2012.

Keban
Town
Keban
Coordinates: 38°47′33″N 38°44′38″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceElazığ
Government
 • MayorFethiye Atlı
 • KaymakamErsin Tepeli
Area
 • District509.67 km2 (196.78 sq mi)
Elevation
780 m (2,560 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
4,860
 • District
6,579
 • District density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Post code
23700
ClimateCsa
Websitewww.keban.bel.tr

Keban is at the west of Elazığ Province and 46 km. far away from province center. At the east of Keban, there is Elazığ Province. At west, Arapgir District of Malatya Province, at north there is Çemişgezek District of Tunceli Province, at northwest, Ağın District, at south, Baskil province. There is the second biggest dam of Turkey, Keban Dam.

In 1927, 20.4% of the population in the district spoke Kurdish as their mother tongue,[5] while that number rose to 39% in 1968.[6]

Village composition
VillageComposition
Keban town[7]Kurdish and Turkmen
Akçatepe[8]Kurdish (Zirki tribe)
Akgömlek[9]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Altınkürek[10]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Altıyaka[11]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)
Aslankaşı[12]Kurdish
Aşağıçakmak[13]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Bademli[14]Kurdish
Bahçeli
Bayındır[15]Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe)
Beydeğirmeni[16]Kurdish (Milan tribe)
Bölükçalı
Büklümlü
Çalık[17]Turkmen
Çevrekaya
Denizli[18]Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth)
Dürümlü
Gökbelen[8]Kurdish (Zirki tribe)
Göldere[8]Kurdish (Zirki tribe)
Güneytepe
Kopuzlu[19]Turkmen
Koyunuşağı[20]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)
Kurşunkaya[21]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Kuşçu[17]Turkmen
Nimri[22]Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth)
Örenyaka[23]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)
Sağdıçlar
Taşkesen[24]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Topkıran[17]Turkmen
Ulupınar[25]Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe)
Üçpınar[26]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)

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. Şafak, Yeni (2019-06-11). "Elazığ Keban Seçim Sonuçları – Keban Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  5. Savaş Sertel (2015). "1927 nüfus sayımı sonuçlarına göre elazığ nüfusu" (in Turkish). Firat University: 308. Retrieved 11 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Keban köylerinde, sosyo ekonomik yapı ve yeniden yerleşim sorunları (in Turkish). Ankara: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi. 1976. p. 174.
  7. Enver Cakar (2019). "19. Yüzyılda Keban: Demografik Yapı ve Meslekler" (in Turkish). Firat University. Retrieved 11 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Çakar (2019), p. 7.
  9. "Akgömlek köy - Keban - Elazığ". Index Anatolicus (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  10. Didem Öz, Naime (2018), "Zeyve Aşiret dokumalarına bir örnek: Baskil Hacı Hasan Baba Türbesi'ndeki halı Seccade ve Yolluklar", The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies, 5 (69): 193–211, doi:10.9761/JASSS7710, retrieved 16 June 2020
  11. "Vakıflar Dergisi 37. Sayı" (PDF) (in Turkish). 2012: 105. Retrieved 8 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. "Köylüler eski köy isimlerini geri istiyor". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  13. "Aşağıçakmak köy - Keban - Elazığ". Index Anatolicus (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. "Bir Sosyalist Yazar; Aziz Aydın Doğan" (in Turkish). Politika. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  15. "Sinemilliler: Bir Alevi Ocağı Ve Aşireti" (in Turkish). Pirha. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  16. "Alevîlik / Rea Haq" (in Turkish). 14 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  17. Çakar (2019), p. 11.
  18. "NİMRİ DEDE (İSMAİL DEHMEN)". www.habitat.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  19. "Kopuzlu köy - Keban - Elazığ". Index Anatolicus (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  20. Çakar (2019), p. 9.
  21. Çakar (2019), p. 22.
  22. İsmail Onarlı (2002). Şeyh Hasan aşireti: Anayurt'tan Anadolu'ya (in Turkish). Aydüşü Yayınları. p. 153.
  23. Çakar (2019), pp. 13-14.
  24. Çakar (2019), pp. 18-19.
  25. "Sinemilliler ve Sinemil Adı, Kökenleri". Pirha - Pir Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  26. Çakar (2019), p. 16.

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