Çayırlı District is a district of
Erzincan Province
Erzincan Province (; ; ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. In Turkey, its capital is also called Erzincan. Its area is 11,815 km2, and its population is 239,223 (2022).
Geography
Erzincan is trav ...
in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. The municipality of
Çayırlı
Çayırlı () is a municipality (belde) and seat of Çayırlı District of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, w ...
is the seat and the district had a population of 8,383 in 2021.
Its area is 1,062 km
2.
The district was established in 1954.
Composition
The district encompasses one municipality (Çayırlı), forty-eight villages and thirty-one
hamlets
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. This is often simply an informal description of a smaller settlement or possibly a subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. Sometimes a hamlet is defined f ...
.
The villages are:
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Aşağıkartallı
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Balıklı
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Başköy
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Boybeyi
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BozaÄŸa
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Bölükova
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Büyükgelengeç
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Büyük Yaylaköy
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Cennetpınar
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CoÅŸan
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Çamurdere
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Çataksu
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Çaykent
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Çayönü
Çayönü Tepesi is a Neolithic settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from circa 8,630 to 6,800 BC. It is located in Diyarbakır Province forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies ne ...
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Çilhoroz
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Çilligöl
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DoÄŸanyuva
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Doluca
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Esendoruk
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Eşmepınar
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Gelinpınar
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Göller
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Harmantepe
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Hastarla
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KarataÅŸ
KarataÅŸ (Turkish language, Turkish for ''black stone'') is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 862 km2, and its population is 23,499 (2022). The town itself has 10,293 inhabitants. It is o ...
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Küçükgelengeç
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MazlumaÄŸa
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MirzaoÄŸlu
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Oğultaşı
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Ortaçat
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Ozanlı
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PaÅŸayurdu
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Pınarlı
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Saraycık
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Sarıgüney
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Saygılı
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Sırataş
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Toprakkale
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Tosunlar
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Turnaçayırı
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Verimli
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Yaylakent
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Yaylalar
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Yazıkaya
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YeÅŸilyaka
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Yukarıçamurdere
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Yukarıkartallı
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Yürekli
Religion
In 1989, anthropologist Andrews counted 64 villages in the district of which
Alevis
Alevism (; ; ) is a syncretic heterodox Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who taught the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from shamanism. Differing ...
were present in 54 villages and
Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...
Muslims in 13 villages.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cayirli District
Districts of Erzincan Province
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