Middle East
Turkey
Elazığ Province

Kovancılar District

Kovancılar District is a district of of Turkey. Its seat is the town . Its area is 960 km2, and its population is 39,464. The district was established in 1987.
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  • Type: district of Turkey with 40,100 residents
  • Description: district of Elazığ, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Kovancilar Ilcesi” and “Kovancılar district”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kovancılar and Palu.

Town
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is a town in of . It is the seat of District. Its population is 25,295. The mayor is Vahap Gök…

Town
is a town of of Turkey. It is the seat of . The current mayor is Muhammet Septioğlu. Its population is 9,602. Inhabited since ancient times, was the capital of the classical Armenian region of Balabitene and then, much later, of the Kurdish Emirate of . is situated 6 km southeast of Kovancılar District.

Village
is a village in the Kovancılar District of in Turkey. Previously, the village was known as Sakrat or Sekrat. The name of the village was changed between 1955 and 1960 to its current name of .

Kovancılar District

Latitude
38.7188° or 38° 43′ 8″ north
Longitude
39.8652° or 39° 51′ 55″ east
Population
40,100
Elevation
965 metres (3,166 feet)
Open location code
8GCXPV98+G3
Geo­Names ID
8631562
Wiki­data ID
Q116044805
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In Other Languages

From Ido to Uzbek—“Kovancılar District” goes by many names.
  • Ido: “Distrikto Kovancılar”
  • Turkish: “Kovancılar ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Kovancılar İlçesi”
  • Uzbek: “Kovancılar tumani”
  • “Kovancılar ilçesi”

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