Ortaçalı, Elazığ

Ortaçalı is a village of Sivrice District in Elazığ Province eastern Turkey.[2] The village is inhabited by the Kurdish Parçikan tribe.[3]

The landscape around Ortaçalı,
The landscape around Ortaçalı
Landscape near Ortacali.[1]

The town is located to the west of Sivrice township and north of the Euphrates River. The population in 2011 was 187 people[4] and the post code was 23350.

The village is situated below Meryem Mountain and the area has a continental climate. The economy of the village is based on agriculture, particularly Apricot, wheat, barley, walnut and tomato crops. The town has a primary school and a mosque.

Earthquakes

In 2007 an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred on Sunday, February 25, 2007, centered on the town.[5]

Ortaçalı was also strongly impacted by the 2020 Elazığ earthquake.

References
  1. Ortaçalı Köyü.
  2. Ortaçalı, Elazığ, Turkey, mindat.org.
  3. 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
  4. "rapor.tuik.gov.tr". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  5. Earthquake 1.85km (1.15 miles) away from Ortaçalı (Turkey).

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