Keban

Keban (Kurdish: Keban‎),[3] is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. In the local elections 2019 the independent Fethiye Atlı was elected as Mayor.[4] The population was 4,857 in 2012.

Keban
Keban
Coordinates: 38°47′33″N 38°44′38″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceElazığ
Government
 • MayorFethiye Atlı
 • KaymakamErsin Tepeli
Area
 • District509.67 km2 (196.78 sq mi)
Elevation
780 m (2,560 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
4,860
 • District
6,579
 • District density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Post code
23700
ClimateCsa
Websitewww.keban.bel.tr

Keban is at the west of Elazığ Province and 46 km. far away from province center. At the east of Keban, there is Elazığ Province. At west, Arapgir District of Malatya Province, at north there is Çemişgezek District of Tunceli Province, at northwest, Ağın District, at south, Baskil province. There is the second biggest dam of Turkey, Keban Dam.

In 1927, 20.4% of the population in the district spoke Kurdish as their mother tongue,[5] while that number rose to 39% in 1968.[6]

Village composition
Village[7]Composition
Keban town[8]Kurdish and Turkmen
AkçatepeKurdish (Zirki tribe)
Akgömlek[9]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Altınkürek[9]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Altıyaka[10]Kurdish (Zeyve tribe)
Aslankaşı[11]Kurdish (Atma and Zeyve tribes) and Turkmen (Köçekli tribe)
Aşağıçakmak[9]Kurdish (Parçikan tribe)
Bademli[12]Kurdish
BahçeliKurdish
Bayındır[13]Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe)
Beydeğirmeni[14]Kurdish (Milan tribe)
BölükçalıKurdish
BüklümlüKurdish (Parçikan tribe)
ÇalıkTurkmen
ÇevrekayaKurdish
Denizli[15]Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth)
Dürümlü
GökbelenKurdish (Zirki tribe)
GöldereKurdish (Zirki tribe)
Güneytepe
KopuzluTurkmen
KoyunuşağıKurdish (Zeyve tribe)
KurşunkayaKurdish (Parçikan tribe)
KuşçuTurkmen
Nimri[16]Turkmen (Şeyh Hasan hearth)
ÖrenyakaKurdish (Parçikan and Zeyve tribes)
SağdıçlarKurdish (Parçikan tribe) and Turkmen
TaşkesenKurdish (Parçikan tribe)
TopkıranTurkmen
Ulupınar[17]Kurdish (Sinemilli tribe)
ÜçpınarKurdish (Zeyve tribe)

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Şafak, Yeni (2019-06-11). "Elazığ Keban Seçim Sonuçları – Keban Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  5. Savaş Sertel (2015). "1927 nüfus sayımı sonuçlarına göre elazığ nüfusu" (in Turkish). Firat University: 308. Retrieved 11 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Keban köylerinde, sosyo ekonomik yapı ve yeniden yerleşim sorunları (in Turkish). Ankara: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi. 1976. p. 174.
  7. Enver Çakar (September 2019). "19. yüzyılın ilk yarısında keban köylerinin idari ve demografik yapısı". Retrieved 6 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. Enver Cakar (2019). "19. Yüzyılda Keban: Demografik Yapı ve Meslekler" (in Turkish). Firat University. Retrieved 11 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Yürekli". koylerim.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. "Vakıflar Dergisi 37. Sayı" (PDF) (in Turkish). 2012: 105. Retrieved 8 March 2020. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Köylüler eski köy isimlerini geri istiyor". www.ntv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. "Bir Sosyalist Yazar; Aziz Aydın Doğan" (in Turkish). Politika. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  13. "Sinemilli Ocagi". www.dersim.biz (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  14. "Alevîlik / Rea Haq" (in Turkish). 14 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  15. "NİMRİ DEDE (İSMAİL DEHMEN)". www.habitat.org.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  16. İsmail Onarlı (2002). Şeyh Hasan aşireti: Anayurt'tan Anadolu'ya (in Turkish). Aydüşü Yayınları. p. 153.
  17. "Sinemilliler ve Sinemil Adı, Kökenleri". Pirha - Pir Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 26 December 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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