Ovacık (Tunceli)

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Ovacık (Tunceli) (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Tunceli
Coordinates : 39 ° 22 '  N , 39 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 21 '31 "  N , 39 ° 12' 59"  E
Height : 1258  m
Residents : 3,164 (2018)
Telephone code : (+90) 428
Postal code : 62 900
License plate : 62
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure : 3 malls
Mayor : Mustafa Sarıgül ( CHP )
Postal address : Pulur Mah.
Belediye Cad. No: 1 D: 1
62900 Ovacık
Website:
Ovacık County
Residents : 6,998 (2018)
Surface: 1,401 km²
Population density : 5 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Selçuk Haskırış
Website (Kaymakam):
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Ovacık (also Zerenik or Pulur , from Armenian plur - "hill") is a city and capital of the district of the same name ( İlçe ) in the eastern Anatolian province of Tunceli . The city of Ovacık is located on a plain north of the Munzur-Vadisi National Park and about 65 kilometers by road (linear distance: 40 km) northwest of the provincial capital Tunceli . The name Ovacık, from Turkish Ova for level, results from this location, with Ovacık as a diminutive for small level. The traditional name Pulur comes from the Armenian word for hill.

The district is located in the northeast of the province and borders the Pülümür districts in the east and Hozat in the south, and the central district ( Merkez ) in the southeast. The province of Erzincan forms the outer border in the north and west .

The second largest district in the province consists of the district town (45.21% of the district population) and 62 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 62 residents. 22 villages have more than 62 (= average) inhabitants. The population ranges from 327 ( Koyungölü ) to 10 ( Kozluca ). With a population density of 5.0, Ovacık County is the second most sparsely populated (provincial average: 11.6 inh. Per km²).

particularities

  • With organic food (beans and honey) grown by cooperatives from Ovacık, the city administration finances a free bus system and school scholarships.
  • Mayor Maçoğlu was the only mayor in all of Turkey who is a member of the Turkish Communist Party.

Web links

Commons : Ovacık  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on July 30, 2019
  2. ↑ Turkey - Communist Mayor on the road to success . In: Deutschlandfunk . ( deutschlandfunk.de [accessed April 24, 2018]).