Elmakaşı

Elmakaşı
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Tunceli
District ( ilçe ) :	Pertek
Coordinates :	38 ° 58 '  N , 39 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 57 '49 "  N , 39 ° 21' 30"  E
Height :	1370  m
Residents :	125 (2011)
Telephone code :	(+90) 428
Postal code :	62500
License plate :	62
Structure and administration (as of 2011)
Muhtar :	Muesli Can

Elmakaşı (Kurd. Poxterîs ) is a village in the Pertek district of the Turkish province of Tunceli . Elmakaşı is located in a high valley at an altitude of 1,370 meters above sea level, about 34 kilometers north of Pertek in the north of the Keban reservoir . Elmakaşı belongs to the Bucak Dere .

The original name of the village is given by the land registry as "Puhateris". The linguist Sevan Nişanyan transcribes the previous name as Pohteris. This name is of Armenian origin.

In 1985 Elmakaşı lived 360 people. For 2011 the TÜIK indicates 125 inhabitants for the village.

Elmakaşı has a drinking water supply point, but does not have a sewer system. The village school is closed. An unpaved road leads to the village. The main source of income is keeping small animals. Elmakaşı was originally inhabited by Armenians.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Land register Pertek ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Sevan Nişanyan: Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 322
3. ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr
4. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed August 29, 2011

Web links

• Description of the village by the district administration