Sivrice, Elazığ
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Sivrice (), is a town 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 around the former city of Harput, it is located in the uppermost Euph ...
of Turkey. It is the seat of
Sivrice District Sivrice District is a Districts of Turkey, district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Sivrice.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
Sivrice is on the shore of
Lake Hazar Lake Hazar (; ; ) is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazığ, notable as the source of the Tigris. Formerly known as Lake Geoljuk, the lake was used as an execution site during the Armenian genocide. Sunken city ...
. Its population is 3,645 (2021).
Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...
of the Åžadiyan tribe are present in the town.


History

On 24 January 2020 the town was impacted by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake.Recent Earthquakes Near DoÄŸanyol, Malatya, Turkey


References

District municipalities in Turkey Populated places in Elazığ Province Ski areas and resorts in Turkey Sivrice District Kurdish settlements in Elazığ Province {{Elazığ-geo-stub