Sakabaşı, Elazığ

Sakabaşı is a village of Sivrice District, of Elazığ Province in eastern Turkey,[2] on Malatya highway 33 km away from the center of Elazig.

Landscape near Sakabaşı.[1]
Landscape around Sakabaşı

The town was formerly known as Pinçirik.[3] The population in 2019 was 359,[4] though it has fluctuated wildly over the past few years.

The village is inhabited by the Kurdish Parçikan tribe.[5]

Earthquakes

In 2007 an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred on Sunday, February 25, 2007, centered on the town of Ortaçalı,[6] just to the south, and Sakabaşı was also impacted by the 2020 Elazığ earthquake.

References
  1. Ortaçalı Köyü.
  2. http://www.yerelnet.org.tr/koyler/koy.php?koyid=244054 Yerelnet
  3. https://www.nisanyanmap.com/?y=sakaba%C5%9F%C4%B1&t=&lv=1
  4. Merkezi Dağıtım Sistemi, TÜİK
  5. 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
  6. Earthquake 1.85km (1.15 miles) away from Ortaçalı (Turkey).

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