Yayladere ( ku, Xolxol) is a town and seat of Yayladere District of

Bingöl Province Bingöl Province ( tr, , lit=province of a thousand lakes, '' ku, Parêzgeha Çewlîg'', ) is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia. The province was known as Çapakçur Province (from ) until 1945 when it was renamed as Bingöl province. Its ...

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. The mayor is Sabri Akyürek ( CHP). The town is populated by

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of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 1,020 in 2021.

Neighborhoods

The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Akçadamlar, Conak, Haktanır, Hasköy, Merkez and Yolgüden.

History

It had previously been a

sanjak Sanjaks (liwāʾ) (plural form: alwiyāʾ) * Armenian language, Armenian: նահանգ (''nahang''; meaning "province") * Bulgarian language, Bulgarian: окръг (''okrǔg''; meaning "county", "province", or "region") * el, Διοίκησι� ...

(district) of the Vilayet of Erzurum.

References

Populated places in Bingöl Province Kurdish settlements in Bingöl Province Yayladere District District municipalities in Turkey {{Bingöl-geo-stub