Çavlan, Şiran

Cavlan
Çavlan Köyü
village
Cavlan
Coordinates: 40°03′27″N 39°07′27″E / 40.05750°N 39.12417°E / 40.05750; 39.12417Coordinates: 40°03′27″N 39°07′27″E / 40.05750°N 39.12417°E / 40.05750; 39.12417
Country Turkey
City Gümüşhane Province
District Şiran
Government
 • Reeve Mustafa Yıldız
Elevation 1,790 m (5,870 ft)
Population (2017)[1]
 • Total 2
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code(s) 0-456
Climate Dsb

Çavlan (Çavlan Köyü) is a village in Şiran district of Gümüşhane province in Turkey. The village has Alevi and Kurdish population. Village's economy is based on animal breeding and barley harvesting.

Çavlan means "waterfall" in Turkish despite there is no waterfall exists in the village, the old name of the village was "Çalan" which means "pits" in Kurdish Kurmanji dialect.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "TÜIK Adrese Dayali Nüfus" (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nişanyan Harita, Çavlan". Sevan Nişanyan. Retrieved 4 August 2015.


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