Bingöl

Also known as Bingöl City

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Place details

Locality: Bingöl Merkez
Region: Bingöl
Country: Türkiye
Population: 128,935
Timezone: Europe/Istanbul

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Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Bingöl
Turkey place.image_skyline: Bingolcitycenter.jpg
Turkey place.province: Bingöl
Turkey place.district: Bingöl
Turkey place.leader_party: AK Party
Turkey place.leader_name: Erdal Arıkan
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1120
Turkey place.population_total: 133423
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 12000
Turkey place.area_code: 0426

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: municipality
Country: Turkey
Located in: Bingöl Province
Population: 160165
Elevation: 1153
Time zone: UTC+03:00
Capital of: Bingöl Province
Official website: www.bingol.bel.tr
Image: Bingolcitycenter.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Bingöl
Commons category: Bingöl
described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
category of associated people: Category:People from Bingöl
social media followers: 15151
P8168: Jana Gana Mana
urban population: 128935
rural population: 40018
P12749: green

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Kurdish-Turkish conflict
Geography
Climate
Earthquakes
Demographics
Ethnic background
Language
Population
Transport
Education
Mayors of Bingöl
Notable people
References

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Bingöl (; ; ), known as Çapakçur before 1944, is a city in Turkey. It is the seat of Bingöl Province and Bingöl District, and has a population of 133,423 (2022). The city is situated in a predominantly Kurdish-speaking region of eastern Turkey and is known in Kurdish as Çewlik; it has been the subject of scholarly attention as a site of Kird/Zaza and Kurmanji Kurdish identity formation.

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