Yayladere

Yayladere (Kurdish: Xolxol‎)[3] is a town and county of Bingöl Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region. It had previously been a sanjak (district) of the Vilayet of Erzurum.[4]The county has an area of 430 km² and is bordered on the west by Tunceli and Elazığ to the south. The Peri River forms the natural border to Elazig. The area is about 1,600 m above sea level. The mountains up to 2,800 m high. The two largest are the Sülbüs / Selbuz (2,884 m) and Sultan Mehmet / Taru. The local population is Kurdish with previous Armenian communities. The mayor is Sabri Akyürek (CHP).[5] The district has twenty-six villages and eighty hamlets, most of the population are Alevi Muslims, however in recent decades there has been a shift towards sunni Islam. There are 2,000 people living in the district as per 2007 estimates. It is known for its goat dishes.

Yayladere / XolXol
Yayladere town
Yayladere / XolXol
Coordinates: 39°13′28″N 40°04′21″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBingöl
Government
 • MayorSabri Akyürek (CHP)
 • KaymakamAdem Ergül
Area
 • District429.74 km2 (165.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
1,249
 • District
2,019
 • District density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Post code
12500
Websitewww.yayladere.bel.tr

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. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. "Maps| Vilayet of Erzurum| Kaza of Keghi:: Houshamadyan - a project to reconstruct Ottoman Armenian town and village life". www.houshamadyan.org. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  5. Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Bingöl Yayladere Seçim Sonuçları – Yayladere Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-07.
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