Çiçektepe

Çiçektepe
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Bing oil
District ( ilçe ) :	Kiğı
Coordinates :	39 ° 18 '  N , 40 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 17 '36 "  N , 40 ° 17' 44"  E
Height :	1700  m
Residents :	78 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 426
Postal code :	12 802
License plate :	12
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Muhtar :	Kazım Özaltın

Çiçektepe ( Turkish for flower hill ), ( Kurd. Avang ) is a village in the Kiğı district of the Turkish province of Bingöl . Çiçektepe is located on the slopes of Çiçekdağı Tepesi. The distance to Kiğı is 6 km.

Çiçektepe was identified as non-Muslim under the name Abvank in Ottoman documents of the 16th century. It was a village inhabited by Armenians. Before the genocide , 30 Armenian families lived there.

In 1965 the village population comprised 354 people. In 2009 there were 29 people in Çiçektepe.

The original name is of Armenian origin and is Abvank. It is recorded in this form in the land register. Abvank was also used as an alternative name in various censuses.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 25, 2019
2. ↑ Information according to the district's website
3. ^ Yunus Koç: XVI. Yüzyılın İlk Yarısında Kiğı Sancağı'nda İskan ve Toplumsal Yapı  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF; 388 kB)
4. ↑ TC Başbakanlık Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü: Genel Nüfus Sayımı: İdari Bölünüş: İl, İlçe, Bucak ve Köy (Muhtarlık) Nüfusları, October 24, 1965. Ankara 1968, p. 128
5. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )