Sivas (province)
Sivas | |
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Province number: | 58 |
Counties | |
Basic data | |
Coordinates: | 39 ° 31 ' N , 37 ° 18' E |
Provincial capital: | Sivas |
Region: | Central Anatolia, Black Sea Region |
Surface: | 28,164 km² |
Population: | 646,608 (2018) |
Population density: | 23.0 inhabitants / km² |
Political | |
Governor: | Salih Ayhan |
Seats in Parliament: | 5 |
Structural | |
Telephone code: | 0346 |
Features : | 58 |
Website | |
www.sivas.gov.tr (Turkish) |
Sivas is a province in Turkey and lies roughly at the apex between the Black Sea region , Eastern Anatolia and Central Anatolia , but for the most part it is in Central Anatolia and is therefore also included in this region. The provincial capital is also called Sivas .
Neighboring communities
Tokat (75 km) | Ordu (150 km) | Giresun (170 km) |
Yozgat (190 km) | Erzincan (120 km) | |
Kayseri (175 km) | Kahramanmaras (240 km) | Malatya (190 km) |
* Distances are rounded straight-line kilometers to the center of the neighboring province.
population
While 646,608 people (as of 2018) live in the entire province of Sivas, the city of Sivas is home to 348,683 inhabitants. The area is 28,164 km² (see Belgium 30,518 km²) and is therefore the second largest province in Turkey after Konya . Most of the people in Sivas are Turks and, in the east of the province, there are also a small number of Zazas and Kurds . Sivas was also an important center for the Alevis . This is where the Sivas arson attack took place in 1993 .
Until the First World War, Sivas had a large proportion of Armenians and Pontic Greeks and was therefore one of the Six Armenian Vilayets ( Vilayat-ı custom ).
Results of the population extrapolation
The following table shows the annual population development after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and sex ratio are ( Sex Ratio listed ie number of women per 1,000 men). The 2011 census found 627,195 inhabitants, almost 130,000 fewer than in the 2000 census.
year | Population at the end of the year | Population growth rate (in%) |
Gender ratio (women per 1000 men) |
Rank (among 81 provinces) |
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total | male | Female | ||||
2018 | 646,608 | 323,575 | 323.033 | 4.07 | 998 | 32 |
2017 | 621,301 | 311.120 | 310.181 | 0.01 | 997 | 32 |
2016 | 621.224 | 309.364 | 311,860 | 0.42 | 1008 | 32 |
2015 | 618.617 | 307,439 | 311.178 | −0.72 | 1012 | 32 |
2014 | 623.116 | 309.864 | 313.252 | −0.11 | 1011 | 32 |
2013 | 623.824 | 311,798 | 312.026 | 0.05 | 1001 | 32 |
2012 | 623,535 | 311,893 | 311,642 | −0.56 | 999 | 32 |
2011 | 627.056 | 314.206 | 312,850 | −2.36 | 996 | 32 |
2010 | 642.224 | 328,304 | 313.920 | 1.40 | 956 | 32 |
2009 | 633,347 | 318.905 | 314,442 | 0.35 | 986 | 32 |
2008 | 631.112 | 316,848 | 314.264 | −1.15 | 992 | 32 |
2007 | 638.464 | 320,557 | 317.907 | - | 992 | 32 |
2000 | 755.091 | 383.254 | 371.837 | 970 | 29 |
Census results
The following tables show the population of the province of Sivas documented in the 14 censuses .
The values in the table on the left are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values in the table on the right come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:
year | population | rank | |
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province | Turkey | ||
1927 | 329,551 | 13,648,270 | 9 |
1935 | 432.996 | 16.158.018 | 7th |
1940 | 468.243 | 17,820,950 | 6th |
1945 | 490.493 | 18,790,174 | 7th |
1950 | 542.004 | 20,947,188 | 7th |
1955 | 595.420 | 24,064,763 | 8th |
1960 | 669.922 | 27,754,820 | 8th |
year | population | rank | |
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province | Turkey | ||
1965 | 705.186 | 31,391,421 | 10 |
1970 | 731.921 | 35.605.176 | 11 |
1975 | 741.713 | 40,347,719 | 13 |
1980 | 750.144 | 44,736,957 | 17th |
1985 | 772.209 | 50,664,458 | 21st |
1990 | 767.481 | 56.473.035 | 24 |
2000 | 755.091 | 67,803,927 | 29 |
Number of provinces in relation to the census years:
- 1927, 1940 to 1950: 63 provinces
- 1935: 57 provinces
- 1955: 67 provinces
- 1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
- 1990: 73 provinces
- 2000: 81 provinces
Administrative division
The province is divided into 17 districts:
district | Area 1 (km²) |
Population (2018) 2 | Number of Units | Density (Ew / km²) |
urban share (in%) |
Sex ratio 3 |
Founding date 4.5 |
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District ( İlçe ) | Administrative headquarters (Merkez) |
Municipalities (Belediye) |
City quarter (Mahalle) |
Villages (Köy) |
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Akıncılar | 432 | 5,675 | 2,654 | 1 | 8th | 29 | 13.1 | 46.77 | 917 | 1990 |
Altınyayla | 654 | 9,309 | 4,557 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14.2 | 71.76 | 974 | 1990 |
Divriği | 2,632 | 16,377 | 10,286 | 1 | 28 | 105 | 6.2 | 62.81 | 946 | |
Dogansar | 370 | 3,401 | 1,392 | 1 | 6th | 26th | 9.2 | 40.93 | 1005 | 1990 |
Gemerek | 1,131 | 24,828 | 10,942 | 3 | 19th | 34 | 22.0 | 68.73 | 995 | 1953 |
Golova | 286 | 4.176 | 1,245 | 1 | 4th | 29 | 14.6 | 29.81 | 954 | 1990 |
Gürün | 2,632 | 19,076 | 11.007 | 1 | 19th | 60 | 7.2 | 57.70 | 983 | |
Hafik | 1,765 | 10,062 | 3,083 | 1 | 6th | 74 | 5.7 | 30.64 | 936 | |
İmranlı | 1,292 | 8,249 | 3,004 | 1 | 9 | 100 | 6.4 | 36.42 | 922 | 1948 |
Kangal | 3,342 | 21,669 | 9.410 | 1 | 8th | 112 | 6.5 | 43.43 | 950 | |
Koyulhisar | 891 | 14,613 | 4.127 | 1 | 7th | 44 | 16.4 | 28.24 | 1022 | |
Sivas Merkez | 3,488 | 377,561 | 348,683 | 2 | 68 | 153 | 108.2 | 92.96 | 1011 | |
Suşehri | 939 | 25,654 | 14,643 | 1 | 13 | 71 | 27.3 | 57.08 | 1017 | |
Şarkışla | 2,073 | 38,954 | 23,100 | 3 | 18th | 95 | 18.8 | 68.12 | 1023 | |
Ulaş | 1,092 | 9,682 | 3,483 | 1 | 4th | 38 | 8.9 | 35.97 | 942 | 1990 |
Yıldızeli | 2,529 | 33,986 | 7,341 | 2 | 14th | 118 | 13.4 | 27.23 | 973 | |
Zara | 2,616 | 23,336 | 11,632 | 1 | 9 | 135 | 8.9 | 49.85 | 972 | |
PROVINCE of Sivas | 28.164 | 646,608 | 24 | 252 | 1233 | 23.0 | 75.24 | 998 |
swell
1 Area 2014
2 Population update on December 31, 2018
3 Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
4 PDF file of the Ministry of the Interior
5 districts that were only formed after Turkey was founded (1923).
history
Siva's settlement dates from 7000 to 5000 BC. BC back. The Hittites , whose settlement remains can be found near Topraktepe near Sivas, ruled here from 1600 to 884 BC. After that the Phrygians (800–695 BC) for about 100 years . The Phrygians were replaced by the Lydians . The Lydians lost the area in 546 BC. To the Persians . The Persian Achaemenid Empire was subjugated by Alexander the Great , so that the region was ruled by the Diadochi until around 17 AD . Until 395 it was part of the Roman Empire . Under Emperor Diocletian , the city of Sebasteia became the capital of the province of Armenia minor . In the Byzantine Empire , which belonged to this province until 1075, which developed starting from there during the 8th century Paulikianertum .
After several years of negotiations, Emperor Basil II compensated Seneqerim John , King of Vaspurakan in southern Armenia , with the territory of Sebaste in Cappadocia in 1021 . Seneqerim Johannes moved with his court, the high clergy and 14,000 families to Sivas and administered it as a Byzantine vassal.
In the 11th century, the first Turkish tribes appeared in Anatolia . From 1142 to 1171 reigned Danishmends Dynasty about Sivas. In 1174 the Seljuks under Kılıç Arslan II conquered the city and had the Ulu Cami ( Great Mosque ) built in 1197 . Sivas served alongside Konya as the capital of the Seljuks. In 1232, Sivas, like large parts of Eurasia, was invaded by the Mongols . The Mongols were followed by the Beylik of Eretna , which in turn was put to an end by Kadi Burhan al-Din . In 1398 the Ottomans under Sultan Bayezid I conquered the city, only to lose it in 1400 to Timur , who destroyed the city. In 1403 the Ottomans managed to recapture it. Sivas was part of the Ottoman Eyâlets Rum until the late 19th century . In 1864 it became an independent province, the Vilâyet Sivas .
The Ottomans ruled the province until the First World War . In 1913 there was a boycott of Christian entrepreneurs and traders in the capital Sivas. In April / May 1914, the Sivas market fell victim to a fire. On July 5, 1915, the deportation of the Armenian population from Sivas began. In this genocide , Sivas Province had the largest number of non-Muslims killed . The surviving Armenians who fled to Armenia founded the Malatia-Sebastia district in Yerevan .
After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, a resistance movement formed under Mustafa Kemal . Sivas played an important role during Turkey's national liberation struggle after the First World War. Mustafa Kemal's group held the Heyet-i Temiliye congress in Sivas from September 4 to 11, 1919 . The French occupying ruler, Major Brunot, threatened to invade the city if there was a meeting. It was decided to standardize the liberation struggle, to found a government in exile outside Istanbul and to call for the establishment of a parliamentary representative body. Sivas has been part of the Turkish Republic since 1923. In 1993 there was an attack on the Madimak Hotel in the capital of Siva with 37 dead.
particularities
- The place Kangal , 68 km from Sivas, is known for its thermal bath Balıklı Kaplıca .
In this thermal treatment that is primarily psoriasis (psoriasis) is carried out by means of small black fish. These fish belong to the type of reddish mullet , also called kangal fish. In Turkey they are also called doctor fish (Turkish: Doctor Balıklar ), but they have nothing to do with the doctor fish known under scientific names . - The place Kangal is named for the Kangal (Turkish: Kangal Köpeği ), a Turkish dog breed, which is sometimes also called Sivas Kangal (Sivas Kangalı), and has its roots in this region. Dogs of this type are also bred under the breed names Anatolian Shepherd Dog and Karabash - also with reference to a Turkish origin .
Cultural events
- Asik Veysel Culture and Art Festival in Şarkışla on the first weekend of July every year.
- Memorial event for the Sivas victims every July 2nd in front of the Madımak Hotel.
- Cogi Baba Alevi Culture Festival in Cogi Baba, every July
- Samut Baba Alevi Culture Festival in Kangal, every July
Personalities
- Muhlis Akarsu , Alevi singer
- Nazareth Daghavarian , Armenian doctor and scientist
- Kazım Erdoğan , psychologist and integration expert in Berlin
- Hasret Gültekin , Alevi-Kurdish singer
- Tayfun Keltek , politician
- Murad of Sebasteia (Sivaslı Murat), Fedai in the genocide of the Armenians
- Erol Pürlü , German Islamic religious functionary
- Maryam Şahinyan , Armenian-Turkish photographer
- Husik Santurjan (Armenian Հուսիկ Սանթուրյան) (1920–2011), Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Mechitar of Sebasteia , founder of the Armenian Catholic order
- Pir Sultan Abdal , Alevi poet, freedom fighter and folk hero (1480–1550)
- İbrahim Toraman , football player
- Taniel Varoujan , Armenian writer and genocide victim
- Aşık Veysel , Alevi folk singer and poet
- Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu , politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on July 21, 2019
- ^ Portrait of the governor on the Sivas Province website
- ^ HGM card
- ↑ Sivas Nüfusu , accessed on July 21, 2019
- ↑ Genel Nüfus Sayımları (census results 1965 to 2000)
- ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF file 0.25 MB)
- ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on July 21, 2019
- ↑ [1] TARİH (1) .pdf 1.4 MB
- ^ Robert H. Hewsen: Armenia. A Historical Atlas , The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 2001, p. 116
- ^ Robert H. Hewsen: Armenia. A Historical Atlas , The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London 2001, p. 190
- ^ A b c Raymond Kévorkian : Le Génocide des Arméniens, Odile Jacob, Paris 2006, p. 533
- ^ Raymond Kévorkian: Le Génocide des Arméniens, Odile Jacob, Paris 2006, p. 543
- ↑ Halil Gülbeyaz : Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. From state founder to myth. Parthas, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-932529-49-9 , p. 87 ff.