Halifan

Derinçay
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Bing oil
District ( ilçe ) :	Karlıova
Coordinates :	39 ° 8 '  N , 40 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 8 '18 "  N , 40 ° 51' 51"  E
Height :	1690  m
Residents :	466 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 426
Postal code :	12 900
License plate :	12
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Muhtar :	Zeki Anuk

Halifan (Kurd. Xelefan or Xelîfan , until 2017 Derinçay ) is a village in the district of Karlıova in the Turkish province of Bingöl . Halifan is located in Eastern Anatolia at 1690 m above sea level, about 23 km southwest of Karlıova.

The original name of the village was Halifan until 1928. This name is registered with the land registry office. The renaming took place before 1962.

In 2009 the village had 859 inhabitants.

Halifan has a primary school and is connected to the drinking water supply. Asphalt roads and a sewer system are missing.

According to various sources, the village of Derinçay was renamed Halifan again in 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 22, 2019
2. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento from December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ TC İmar ve İskân Bakanlığı, Toprak ve İskân İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü: 1962 Yılı Köy Envanter Etüdlerine Göre Bingöl. Ankara 1963, p. 90
4. ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ http://www.nufusune.com/6099-bingol-karliova-halifan-koy-nufusu Population of the village from 2007 to 2018
6. ↑ http://www.karliova.gov.tr/koylerimiz List of mayors (Muhtar) of the villages in Karlıova County