Çayırlı District is a district of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The municipality of

Çayırlı Çayırlı ( ku, Mans/Mose) is a town and district of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It covers an area of 1,480 km² and the elevation is 1,520 m. The district has a total population of 10,261 of which 5,447 live ...

is the seat and the district had a population of 8,383 in 2021. Its area is 1,062 km². The district was established in 1954.

Composition

The district encompasses one municipality (Çayırlı), forty-eight villages and thirty-one hamlets. The villages are: * Aşağıkartallı * Balıklı * Başköy * Boybeyi * Bozağa * Bölükova * Büyükgelengeç * Büyük Yaylaköy * Cennetpınar * Coşan * Çamurdere * Çataksu * Çaykent * Çayönü * Çilhoroz * Çilligöl * Doğanyuva * Doluca * Esendoruk * Eşmepınar * Gelinpınar * Göller * Harmantepe * Hastarla * Karataş * Küçükgelengeç * Mazlumağa * Mirzaoğlu * Oğultaşı * Ortaçat * Ozanlı * Paşayurdu * Pınarlı * Saraycık * Sarıgüney * Saygılı * Sırataş * Toprakkale * Tosunlar * Turnaçayırı * Verimli * Yaylakent * Yaylalar * Yazıkaya * Yeşilyaka * Yukarıçamurdere * Yukarıkartallı * Yürekli

Religion

In 1989, anthropologist Andrews counted 64 villages in the district of which Alevis were present in 54 villages and

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

Muslims in 13 villages.

References

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