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Hozat
CountryTurkey
ProvinceTunceli
Government
 • MayorCelaleddin Polat (CHP)
 • KaymakamFatih Demir
Area
[1]
 • District777.13 km2 (300.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
6,693
 • District
8,661
 • District density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Post code
62400
ClimateDsa
Websitewww.hozat.bel.tr

Hozat (Ottoman Turkish: خوزات and Kurdish: Xozat ,[3]) is a small city and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey. It has a population of 4,714. The mayor is Celaleddin Polat (CHP).

In the 10th century, it was known as Chozanon (Greek: Χόζανον), and formed a thema after its conquest by the Byzantine Empire shortly after 938.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 240.
  4. ^ Oikonomides, Nicolas (1972). Les Listes de Préséance Byzantines des IXe et Xe Siècles (in French). Paris, France: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. p. 359.

See also

https://amongarmenianruins.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/to-hozat-and-ergen-armenian-church/


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