Tokat (Province)

Tokat
Province number:	60
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	40 ° 21 ′ N , 36 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 40 ° 21 ′ N , 36 ° 34 ′ E
Provincial capital:	Tokat
Region:	Black Sea Region
Surface:	10,044 km²
Population:	612,646 (2018)
Population density:	61.0 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Ozan Balcı
Seats in Parliament:	5
Structural
Features :	60
Website
	www.tokat.gov.tr (Turkish)

Tokat is a province of Turkey . Its capital is the Tokat of the same name . It borders on the following provinces: in the north-west on Amasya , in the north on Samsun , in the north-east on Ordu , in the south-east and south on Sivas and in the south-west on Yozgat .

Administrative division

The province is divided into 12 districts:

district	Area ¹ (km²)	Population (2018) ²		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
district	Area ¹ (km²)	District ( İlçe )	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	City quarter (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)	Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio ³	Founding date ^4.5
Almus	1,033	28,413	4,806	6th	33	32	28	72	979	1954
Artova	444	8,744	4,435	1	7th	26th	20th	51	990	1921
Basçiftlik	246	7,058	4,202	2	9	6th	29	89	955	1990
Erbaa	1,173	95,361	65.111	4th	44	74	81	77	1020
Merkez Tokat	2.003	201.294	154,495	5	59	107	100	83	971
Niksar	889	64.119	33,610	6th	47	83	72	74	1022
Pazar	188	14,335	4,826	2	12	16	76	64	1000	1987
Reşadiye	1.102	41,178	9.130	6th	39	72	37	70	994
Sulusaray	266	7,401	4,733	1	4th	14th	28	64	972	1990
Turhal	940	79,916	61,973	2	35	52	85	80	1055	1944
Yeşilyurt	280	9,154	5,730	1	6th	16	33	63	1047	1987
Zile	1,480	55,673	33,168	1	20th	114	38	60	1016
PROVINCE of Tokat	10,044	612,646		37	315	612	61	76

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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).

population

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 determined 592,481 inhabitants, which is over 200,000 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)
year	total	male	Female	Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
2018	612,646	305.977	306,669	1.75	1002	34
2017	602.086	299,519	302,567	−0.10	1010	34
2016	602,662	299,262	303,400	1.46	1014	34
2015	593,990	294,381	299,609	−0.66	1018	35
2014	597.920	296,867	301.053	−0.13	1014	34
2013	598,708	297.166	301,542	−2.49	1015	34
2012	613.990	304,742	309.248	0.94	1015	33
2011	608.299	302.449	305,850	−1.54	1011	34
2010	617.802	310.193	307,609	−1.06	992	34
2009	624,439	311,837	312,602	1.18	1002	33
2008	617.158	306.757	310.401	−0.57	1012	34
2007	620.722	309.374	311,348	-	1006	33
2000	828.027	418,856	409.171		977	26th

Census results

The following tables show the population of Tokat Province 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
year	province	Turkey	rank
1927	263.063	13,648,270	17th
1935	309,863	16.158.018	19th
1940	317,919	17,820,950	20th
1945	340,749	18,790,174	20th
1950	388.923	20,947,188	20th
1955	388.303	24,064,763	21st
1960	437,590	27,754,820	22nd

year	population		rank
year	province	Turkey	rank
1965	495.352	31,391,421	22nd
1970	540,855	35.605.176	24
1975	599.166	40,347,719	24
1980	624.508	44,736,957	24
1985	679.071	50,664,458	26th
1990	719.251	56.473.035	27
2000	828.027	67,803,927	26th

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

politics

The following table shows all 37 municipalities ( Belediye ) of the province and their district affiliation according to their number of inhabitants. District towns are shown in bold; the mayor ( Başkan ) elected on March 31, 2019 is listed for each municipality along with the party. Most of the mayors are from the AKP (19).

Belediye	circle	Residents	mayor	Political party
Tokat	Merkez Tokat	154,495	Eyup Eroğlu	ACP
Erbaa	Erbaa	65.111	Ertuğrul Karagöl	MHP
Turhal	Turhal	61,973	İlker Bekler	ACP
Niksar	Niksar	33,610	Özdilek Özcan	ACP
Zile	Zile	33,168	Şükrü Sargın	CHP
Reşadiye	Reşadiye	9.130	Mustafa Yılmaz	ACP
Yeşilyurt	Yeşilyurt	5,730	Muhsin Yılmaz	MHP
Bereketli	Reşadiye	5,158	Necaattin Şahin	MHP
Pazar	Pazar	4,826	Erdoğan Yılmaz	ACP
Almus	Almus	4,806	Bekir Özer	MHP
Sulusaray	Sulusaray	4,733	Necmettin Coruk	ACP
Hasanseyh	Reşadiye	4,591	Recep Külekçi	ACP
Artova	Artova	4,435	Lütvü Yalçın	ACP
Üzumören	Pazar	4,408	İsmail Karakaş	ACP
Basçiftlik	Basçiftlik	4,202	Murat Tunçel	ACP
Çamlıbel	Merkez	4,093	Adem Akgül	ACP
Çat	Merkez	3,935	Mustafa Çoşar	MHP
Cimitekke	Reşadiye	3.812	Ekrem Gül	ACP
Akarçay Görümlü	Almus	3,730	Ali Güneş	CHP

Belediye	circle	Residents	mayor	Political party
Atakoy	Almus	3,382	Serve Durmuş	CHP
Gökal	Erbaa	3,380	Osman Akbulut	MHP
Kınık	Almus	3.123	Güven Arslan	CHP
Bozçalı	Reşadiye	3,022	Yücel Gülbahar	ACP
Yazıcık	Niksar	2,963	Tuncer Uzunoğlu	CHP
Baydarlı	Reşadiye	2,940	İlyas Demir	ACP
Serenli	Niksar	2,923	Nurettin Keleş	MHP
Karayaka	Erbaa	2,899	Mehmet Başar	ACP
Yolkonak	Niksar	2,890	Nurettin Dinç	CHP
Gölgeli	Almus	2,847	İbrahim Karahan	CHP
Çevreli	Almus	2,582	Sadiertan Soysal	MHP
Gurçeşme	Niksar	2,556	Mehmet Corak	ACP
Gokceli	Niksar	2,240	Mustafa Koyuncu	ACP
Güryıldız	Merkez	2,104	Mustafa Özer	MHP
Emirseyite	Merkez	2,054	Turan Kapan	ACP
Hatipli	Basçiftlik	2,048	Murat Cengiz	MHP
Tanoba	Erbaa	2,038	Vural Ozdemir	MHP
Şenyurt	Turhal	1.953	Cafer Ünal Arslan	ACP