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Tunceli Province

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Tunceli Province

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Also known as TR-62, Tunceli ili, Dêrsim

province in east Turkey

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Tunceli Province is a region located in eastern Turkey. It is significant as a mountainous area in Turkey's east with a distinct cultural and geographical character.

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Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Turkey
Continent
Asia
Capital
Tunceli
Official language
Turkish
Population
78056
Area
7582
Elevation
914
Shares border with
Elazığ Province
Official website
www.tunceli.gov.tr
Image
Dersim districts.png
Households
30787
Life expectancy
79.06
Dialing code
428
Licence plate code
62
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language used
Turkish
Commons category
Tunceli Province
topic's main category
Category:Tunceli Province
category for people born here
Category:Births in Tunceli Province
category of associated people
Category:People from Tunceli Province
native label
Tunceli ili
postal code
62000–62999
male population
41524
female population
36532
different from
Tunceli
annual number of weddings
353
water as percent of area
3.37
suicide rate
4.61
total fertility rate
2.00
mean age
39.87
minimum temperature record
-30.3
maximum temperature record
43.5
name in kana
トゥンジェリ
P12749
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Encyclopedic overview

Tunceli Province (Turkish: Tunceli ili), formerly Dersim Province (Kurdish: Parêzgeha Dêrsim; Zazaki: Dêsim wilayet; Armenian: Տէրսիմի մարզ), is a province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Its central city is Tunceli. The province has a Kurdish majority. Moreover, it is the only province in Turkey with an Alevi majority. The province has eight municipalities, 366 villages and 1,087 hamlets.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tunceli Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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