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Bingöl Province

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Country
  
Turkey

Subregion
  
Malatya

Area code
  
426

Region
  
Central East Anatolia

Vehicle registration
  
12

Capital
  
Bingöl

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Bingöl Province (Turkish: Bingöl ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Bîngolê‎) (Armenian: Ճապաղջուր Chapaghjur, Zazaki: Çewlîg, Northern Kurdish: Çewlîg) is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia. The province was created in 1946 out of parts of Elazığ and Erzincan. The new province was known as Çapakçur Province until 1950. Its neighbouring provinces are Tunceli, Erzurum, Muş, Diyarbakır, Erzincan and Elazığ. The province covers an area of 8,125 km² and has a population of 255,170. The main spoken languages are Turkish and Zazaki/Kurdish. The capital is Bingöl. The majority of the province's population is Zaza.

Contents

Map of Bing%C3%B6l, Turkey

Districts

Bingöl province is divided into 8 districts (capital district in bold):

  • Adaklı
  • Bingöl
  • Genç
  • Karlıova
  • Kiğı
  • Solhan
  • Yayladere
  • Yedisu

    • References

    Bingöl Province Wikipedia
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