Hozat ( ota, خوزات, ku, Xozat) is a small city and its surrounding district in

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. It has a population of 4,714. Seyfi Geyik from the

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(CHP) was elected mayor in the local elections in March 2019.

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is Cuma Emeç.

History

In the 10th century, it was known as Chozanon ( el, Χόζανον), and formed a '' thema'' after its conquest by the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

shortly after 938. Near the city are the ruins of the Ergen church which according to

Rudaw Rudaw is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ciechocin, within Golub-Dobrzyń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies south-west of Golub-Dobrzyń and east of Toruń )'' , image_skyline = ...

was erected by Armenians 1300 years ago.

References

Populated places in Tunceli Province Districts of Tunceli Province Kurdish settlements in Turkey {{Tunceli-geo-stub