Tunceli

Tunceli
Tunceli in Munzur valley
Tunceli in Munzur valley
Tunceli is located in Turkey
Tunceli
Tunceli
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°06′23″N 39°32′50″E / 39.10639°N 39.54722°E / 39.10639; 39.54722
CountryTurkey
ProvinceTunceli
DistrictTunceli
Government
 • MayorBülent Tekbıyıkoğlu (DEM)
Elevation
914 m (2,999 ft)
Population
 (2021)
35,161
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.tunceli.bel.tr

Tunceli (Armenian: Մամիկի, romanizedMamiki, Kurdish: Kalan, Zazaki: Mamekiye)[1][2] is a municipality (belde) in Tunceli District and capital of Tunceli Province, Turkey. The city has a Kurdish majority.[3][4][5] It had a population of 35,161 in 2021.[6]

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  2. ^ Andrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 54. ISBN 9783895002298.
  3. ^ Sertel, Savaş (2016-01-31). "TÜRKİYE CUMHURİYETİ'NİN İLK GENEL NÜFUS SAYIMINA GÖRE DERSİM BÖLGESİNDE DEMOGRAFİK YAPI". Fırat Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 24 (1). doi:10.18069/fusbed.82073. ISSN 1300-9702.
  4. ^ Eke, Deniz Cosan (2021). The Changing Leadership Roles of »Dedes« in the Alevi Movement: Ethnographic Studies on Alevi Associations in Turkey and Germany from the 1990s to the Present. transcript Verlag. p. 64.
  5. ^ Gültekin, Ahmet Kerim (2019). Kurdish Alevism: Creating New Ways of Practicing the Religion (PDF). University of Leipzig. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

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