Erzincan

Erzincan
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Erzincan is located in Turkey
Erzincan
Erzincan
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°44′47″N 39°29′29″E / 39.74639°N 39.49139°E / 39.74639; 39.49139
CountryTurkey
ProvinceErzincan
DistrictErzincan
Government
 • MayorBekir Aksun (MHP)
Population
 (2022)
150,714
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.erzincan.bel.tr

Erzincan (pronounced [æɾˈzindʒan];[1] Kurdish: Erzîngan), historically Yerznka (Armenian: Երզնկա),[2] is the capital of Erzincan Province in eastern Turkey.[3] Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gümüşhane, Bayburt, and Giresun. The city is majority Sunni Turkish with an Alevi Kurdish minority.[4]

The city had a population of 150,714 in 2022, an increase from 86,779 in 2007.[5]

  1. ^ Barış Kabak and Irene Vogel, "The phonological word and stress assignment in Turkish"[permanent dead link], Phonology 18 (2001), p. 325.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Atabaki, Touraj; Dorleijn, Margreet (1991). Kurdistan in Search of Ethnic Identity. University of Utrecht. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.

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