Hizan
| Hizan | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Bitlis | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 14 ' N , 42 ° 26' E | |||
| Residents : | 12,127 (2018) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 434 | |||
| Postal code : | 13 600 | |||
| License plate : | 13 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 10 malls | |||
| Mayor : | Cezail Aktaş ( SP ) | |||
| Website: | ||||
| Hizan County | ||||
| Residents : | 34,186 (2018) | |||
| Surface: | 1,021 km² | |||
| Population density : | 33 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Bülent Hamitoğlu | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Hizan (formerly Erzent ; Armenian Խիզան ) is a district town and a district in the Turkish province of Bitlis . The city is home to about 35% of the district's population.
district
The district is the southernmost district of the province and borders in the north on the district of Tatvan and in the north-west on the central district of Bitlis ( Merkez ). Şirvan County to the southwest and Pervari County to the south , both of Siirt Province, form the border. In the east, the districts of Gevaş and Bahçesaray (both province of Van ) border the district. In addition to the district town, it also consists of 75 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 294 residents. Two of the villages have more than a thousand inhabitants: Gayda (1,330) and Döküktaş (1,133 pop .).
The population density (33.5) is below the provincial average (42.1 inh. Per km²).
history
Hizan was under the rule of the Umayyads , Abbasids , Seljuks and the Ayyubids . In 1514 Hizan became Ottoman .
In the 19th century, Hizan was a village within the Ottoman Vilâyets Erzurum. In 1910 it was the seat of an Armenian apostolic bishop of the Catholicate of Aghtamar with 69 parishes, 64 churches and 25,000 believers. In 1913 Hizan was occupied by the Russians, but abandoned again in 1914.
Hizan was declared a county within Bitlis in 1919. In 1936 the district came to the province of Mus , but a little later it fell back to the province of Bitlis.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on May 25, 2019
- ↑ Archbishop Maghakia Ormanian : The Church of Armenia , V. and H. Der-Nersesian, Constantinople 1911 [Original title: Հայոց եկեղեցին եւ իր պատմութիւնը վարդապետութիւնը վարչութիւնը բարեկարգութիւնը արարողութիւնը գրականութիւնը ու ներկայ կացուիւնը:], page 263
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