Karaçoban
| Karaçoban | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Erzurum | |||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 21 ' N , 42 ° 7' E | |||
| Height : | 1550 m | |||
| Residents : | 8,901 (2008) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 442 | |||
| Postal code : | 25 xxx | |||
| License plate : | 25th | |||
| Structure and administration (status: 2014) | ||||
| Structure : | 8th | |||
| Mayor : | İrfan Sarı ( BDP ) | |||
| Website: | ||||
| Karaçoban County | ||||
| Residents : | 25,755 (2008) | |||
| Surface: | 552 km² | |||
| Population density : | 47 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Naci Aktaş | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Karaçoban ( Turkish for black shepherd ; Kurdish Qereçoban ) is a city and a district in the Turkish province of Erzurum .
population
Karaçoban was an Armenian place until the beginning of the 20th century . Today Kurds make up the majority of the population in Karaçoban. In addition, some Turks from Central Anatolia and the Ordu Province who settled in the 1930s also live here . Ossetians also live in the village of Budaklı and the Güvendik district .
geography
The district is located in eastern Anatolia and is close to Lake Van . Karaçoban is 182 km from the city of Erzurum . It is bordered by Hınıs County to the west and Karayazı to the north .
Karaçoban is divided into the following 9 districts: Akarsu Mahallesi , Bağlar Mahallesi , Bahçeli Mahallesi , Erhanlar Mahallesi , Güvendik Mahallesi , Hacılar Mahallesi , Kavaklı Mahallesi , Sarıveli Mahallesi and Seyhan Mahallesi .
This includes the following 19 villages: Akkayak , Binpınar , Bozyer , Budakli , Burnaz , Çatalgül , Dedeören , Doğanbey , Duman , Erenler , Gündüzköy , Karagöz , Karaköprü , Carmi , Kırımkaya , Kuşluca , Marufköy , Molladavut and Ovayoncalı .
politics
In 1964 a small administrative center was established. Alican Kocakaya ( CHP ), born in Hinis in 1949, is head of Karaçoban's administration.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed November 11, 2009
