Karlıova District
Karlıova District is a district of Bingöl Province in Turkey. The town of Karlıova is the seat and the district had a population of 28,309 in 2021.
The district was established in 1934.
Geography
Karlıova Basin is surrounded by Karagöl, ...
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Bingöl Province
Bingöl Province (; ; ; ) is a province of Turkey. The province was known as Çapakçur Province () before 1945 when it was renamed as Bingöl Province. Its area is 8,003 km2, and its population is 282,556 (2022). The province encompasses 11 ...
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Turkey
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. The village is populated by
Kurds
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of the Cibran tribe and had a population of 348 in 2021.
The
hamlet
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of Hesar is attached to the village.
Kilen (Kalan-Jelan) had 200 Armenians, 20 houses, and one church before the
Armenian genocide
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