Küllük is a village of

Elazığ District Elazığ District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central") is a district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Elazığ.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 ...

, in eastern

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. Its population is 161 (2021). The village is populated by

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of the Herdî tribe.

Economy

The village economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry. The village has electricity and telephone, and a drinking water network, but no sewerage network. The climate of the district is classed under the Köppen climate system as ''Csa'' Hot-summer Mediterranean climate. The village

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is 23000.

History

In 2007 an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred on Sunday, February 25, 2007 centered on the town of Ortaçalı,Earthquake 1.85km (1.15 miles) away from Ortaçalı (Turkey)
. just to the north, and Küllük was also impacted by the

2020 Elazığ earthquake The 2020 Elazığ earthquake occurred at 20:55 local time (17:55 UTC) on 24 January in Turkey. The magnitude of the earthquake was determined to be 6.7 . The earthquake's epicentre was close to the town of Sivrice in Elazığ Province and fe ...

References

Villages in Elazığ District Kurdish settlements in Elazığ Province {{ElazığDistrict-geo-stub