Keban District

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
Location within Turkey
Coordinates: 38°48′N 38°45′E / 38.800°N 38.750°E / 38.800; 38.750
CountryTurkey
ProvinceElazığ
SeatKeban
Government
 • KaymakamErsin Tepeli
Area
641 km2 (247 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
6,210
 • Density9.69/km2 (25.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Keban District is a district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Keban. Its area is 641 km2, and its population is 6,210 (2021).

Demographics

In 1927, 79.6% of the population spoke Turkish as their first language, while the remaining 20.4% spoke Kurdish. Only Muslims resided in the district that year. In 1968, Kurdish-speakers rose to 39%.

Composition

There is 1 municipality in Keban District:

There are 30 villages in Keban District:

References

  1. 1 2 İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, 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. 1 2 Sertel, Savaş (2015). "1927 nüfus sayımı sonuçlarına göre elazığ nüfusu" (in Turkish). Firat University. p. 308-309. 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 Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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