Yiğitler (Karlıova)

Yiğitler
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Bing oil
District ( ilçe ) :	Karlıova
Coordinates :	39 ° 11 '  N , 40 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 10 '57 "  N , 40 ° 47' 37"  E
Height :	1810  m
Residents :	1,529 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 426
Postal code :	12 900
License plate :	12
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Muhtar :	Mustafa Atli

Yiğitler (Kurd. Sağnis , also Saxnis ) is a village in the Karlıova district of the Turkish province of Bingöl . Yiğitler is located in Eastern Anatolia on a plateau 1,810 m above sea level, approx. 40 km southwest of Karlıova.

The original name of the village is of Armenian origin and is Sağnis. This name is still in use today. The village was inhabited by Armenians and was completely evacuated during the First World War under the Deportation Act (Turkish: tehcir kanunu ).

In 1985, 1,786 people lived in Yiğitler. In 2017 the village had 1,407 inhabitants. The hamlets of Çatak, Mezracık and Gülabi belong to Yiğitler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr