Pertek

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Pertek (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Tunceli
Coordinates : 38 ° 52 ′  N , 39 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 52 ′ 1 ″  N , 39 ° 19 ′ 30 ″  E
Height : 1090  m
Residents : 6,626 (2018)
Telephone code : (+90) 428
Postal code : 62 500
License plate : 62
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure : 5 malls
Mayor : Ruhan Alan ( CHP )
Postal address : İstiklal Mahallesi
Ataturk Caddesi No: 27
62500 Pertek
Website:
Pertek County
Residents : 11,669 (2018)
Surface: 858 km²
Population density : 14 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Arif Gül
Website (Kaymakam):
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Pertek is a city in the province of Tunceli in Turkey and at the same time the administrative seat (İlçe Merkez ) of the district of the same name ( Ilçe ). This is located in the south of the province on the border with Elazığ Province , with the Keban reservoir forming a natural border. The Pertek district has over 10,000 inhabitants and the trend is decreasing. A good half (2018: 56.78%) of the district's population lives in the city of Pertek. According to the city seal, Pertek was elevated to Belediye (municipality) in 1885 .

In addition to the county seat, the district consists of 45 villages ( Köy ) with a total population of 5,043 inhabitants. On average, 112 people live in each village, most of them in Pınarlar (Pertek) (365 inh.). Well-known villages in the district are Akdemir (231) and Demirsaban (89 pop.). 20 villages have more than 112 (= average) inhabitants. At 13.6, the population density is above the average for the province (11.6 inh. Per km²).

Zaza and Kurmanji are the most common languages ​​in the county.

The old town of Pertek is sunk in the Keban reservoir. The fortress Pertek - the namesake - protrudes on an island in the middle of the reservoir. The new town of Pertek is about four kilometers from the bank of the reservoir. From here there is a ferry connection to Elazığ .

The name Pertek is derived from the Armenian word for fortress Pert / Pertag and means "small fortress". According to Evliya Çelebi , the name of the fortress is derived from a statue of an imperial eagle , which was called Pertenek in Mongolian . The statue stood on the top of the fortress.

  • Pertek Castle, in the background the new place

  • Pertek Castle in the Keban Reservoir

  • Pertek and the surrounding area

Web links

Commons : Pertek  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on July 30, 2019
  2. ↑ İsmail Beşikçi (Ed.): Resmi Tarih Tartışmaları 6: Resmi Tarihte Kürtler , p. 110
  3. ↑ www.nisanyanmap.com
  4. ↑ Evliya Çelebi's Anatolia Trip in the Google Book Search, p. 237.