Yayladere

Yayladere / XolXol
Yayladere / XolXol
	Yayladere town
	Yayladere / XolXol
	Coordinates: 39°13′28″N 40°04′21″E / 39.22444°N 40.07250°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Bingöl
Government
• Mayor	Sabri Akyürek (CHP)
• Kaymakam	Adem Ergül
Area
• District	429.74 km2 (165.92 sq mi)
Population (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
• Urban	Template:Turkey district populations
• District	Template:Turkey district populations
Post code	12500
Website	www.yayladere.bel.tr

Yayladere (Kurdish: Xolxol)^[2] is a town and county of Bingöl Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region. It had previously been a sanjak (district) of the Vilayet of Erzurum.^[3]The county has an area of 430 km² and is bordered on the west by Tunceli and Elazığ to the south. The Peri River forms the natural border to Elazig. The area is about 1,600 m above sea level. The mountains up to 2,800 m high. The two largest are the Sülbüs / Selbuz (2,884 m) and Sultan Mehmet / Taru. The local population is Kurdish with previous Armenian communities. The mayor is Sabri Akyürek (CHP).^[4] The district has twenty-six villages and eighty hamlets, most of the population are Alevi Muslims, however in recent decades there has been a shift towards sunni Islam. There are 2,000 people living in the district as per 2007 estimates. It is known for its goat dishes.

References

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Maps| Vilayet of Erzurum| Kaza of Keghi:: Houshamadyan - a project to reconstruct Ottoman Armenian town and village life". www.houshamadyan.org. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
^ Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Bingöl Yayladere Seçim Sonuçları – Yayladere Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-07.

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[distr-area-1] "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.

[2] Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[3] "Maps| Vilayet of Erzurum| Kaza of Keghi:: Houshamadyan - a project to reconstruct Ottoman Armenian town and village life". www.houshamadyan.org. Retrieved 2019-11-07.

[4] Şafak, Yeni (2019-07-11). "Bingöl Yayladere Seçim Sonuçları – Yayladere Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-07.

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