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Kiğı District
Kiğı District is a district of Bingöl Province in Turkey. The town of Kiğı is the seat and the district had a population of 4,801 in 2021. Composition Beside the town of Kiğı, the district encompasses twenty-nine villages and fifty-eight Hamlet (place), hamlets. # Açıkgüney, Kiğı, Açıkgüney () # Ağaçöven, Kiğı, Ağaçöven () # Alagöz, Kiğı, Alagöz () # Aşağıserinyer () # Baklalı, Kiğı, Baklalı () # Billice, Kiğı, Billice () # Çanakçı, Kiğı, Çanakçı () # Çiçektepe, Kiğı, Çiçektepe () # Çomak () # Dallıca, Kiğı, Dallıca () # Darköprü, Kiğı, Darköprü () # Demirdöş, Kiğı, Demirdöş () # Demirkanat, Kiğı, Demirkanat () # Duranlar, Kiğı, Duranlar () # Eskikavak, Kiğı, Eskikavak () # Eşme, Kiğı, Eşme () # Güneyağıl, Kiğı, Güneyağıl () # İlbeyi, Kiğı, İlbeyi () # Kadıköy, Kiğı, Kadıköy () # Kuşçimeni, Kiğı, Kuşçimeni () # Kutluca, Kiğı, Kutluca () # Nacaklı, Kiğı, Nacaklı () # Öl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiğı
Kiğı (; ) is a town and seat of the Kiğı District of Bingöl Province in Turkey. The mayor is Hikmet Özüağ ( AKP). The town is populated by Kurds of the Giransor tribe and had a population of 2,926 in 2021. Neighborhoods The town is divided into the neighborhoods of Abar, Eskişehir, Yenişehir and Yeşilyurt. History Historically this area was ruled by different Armenian, Byzantine, Kurdish and Turkic dynasties. During the Middle Ages, Kiğı had been a mint town of the Ilkhanids The town became a part of the Ottoman Empire was a sanjak of the Erzurum Eyalet. Historically a nearby iron mine was used but mining stopped in 17th century. The main sights in the town are the citadel, the mosque built in 1401/02 and commissioned by ''Pir Ali'' son of the Aq Qoyunlu ''Kutlu''. The medieval Muslim tomb and bathhouse of ''Yazıcızadeler'' and the ruins of a church. There were battles in this area between the Russians and Ottomans during World War I. The current location ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
