Kovancılar

Kovancılar () is a town in Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kovancılar District. Its population is 25,295 (2021). The mayor is Vahap Gök (BBP)

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Kovancılar
Turkey place.image_skyline: Kovancilar1.jpg
Turkey place.province: Elazığ
Turkey place.district: Kovancılar
Turkey place.leader_party: BBP
Turkey place.leader_name: Vahap Gök
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1026
Turkey place.population_total: 25295
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2021
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Csa
Turkey place.postal_code: 23800

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Population: 38774
Image: Kovancilar1.jpg

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urban population: 25295
rural population: 14169
Commons category: Kovancılar

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Kovancılar () is a town in Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kovancılar District. Its population is 25,295 (2021). The mayor is Vahap Gök (BBP)

== History == Within the framework of the exchange agreement signed between Romania and Turkey in 1934, 300 Turkish families from Romania were transferred to the Elâzığ province. Due to the winter season, the immigrants were first subjected to temporary settlement in the surrounding villages and then settled in the current district center. In the spring of 1935, a new village of 300 households was established. This new settlement was named after Kovancılar, the village where the immigrants had resided in Romania. In 1935, the zoning plan of Kovancılar, which was built on a completely empty land, was prepared in the best way with the possibilities of that time and constituted an exemplary settlement in the province of Elâzığ.