Ağın District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Elazığ Province Elazığ () is a city in the Eastern Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. Founded in and around the former city of Harput, it is located in the uppermost Euph ...

of Turkey. Its seat is the town

Ağın Ağın is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Ağın District.İlçe Beled ...

.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 20 December 2022. Its area is 242 km², and its population is 2,746 (2021). The district was established in 1954.

Composition

There is 1

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Ağın District: *

Ağın Ağın is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Ağın District.İlçe Beled ...

There are 16

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in Ağın District: * Altınayva * Aşağıyabanlı * Bademli * Bahadırlar * Balkayası * Beyelması * Demirçarık * Dibekli * Kaşpınar *

Modanlı Modanlı is a village in the Ağın District of Elazığ Province Elazığ () is a city in the Eastern Anatolia Region, Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the administrative centre of Elazığ Province and Elazığ District. Founded in and ...

* Öğrendik * Pulköy * Samançay * Saraycık * Yedibağ * Yenipayam

Demographics

The district with the exception of Saraycık village is populated by Turks. Saraycık is populated by

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. There are moreover a couple of

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villages in the district.

References

Districts of Elazığ Province * {{Elazığ-geo-stub