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Bingöl Province

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Also known as TR-12

province in east Turkey

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Bingöl Province is a province located in eastern Turkey. It is part of the southeastern Anatolia region and serves as an administrative division of the country.

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Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Turkey
Continent
Asia
Official language
Turkish
Population
253359
Area
8003
Elevation
1151
Shares border with
Tunceli Province
Official website
www.bingol.gov.tr
Image
Bingolcitycenter.jpg
Households
82457
Life expectancy
77.50
Dialing code
426
Licence plate code
12
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Commons category
Bingöl Province
topic's main category
Category:Bingöl Province
native label
Bingöl ili
postal code
12000–12999
male population
127782
annual number of weddings
1671
female population
125577
suicide rate
3.87
total fertility rate
1.28
water as percent of area
0.97
mean age
30.56
minimum temperature record
-25.1
maximum temperature record
42.0
name in kana
ビンギョル
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Encyclopedic overview

Bingöl Province (Turkish: Bingöl ili; Kurdish: Parêzgeha Çewlîg; Zazaki: Wîlayetî Çewlîg; Armenian: Ճապաղջուր զավառ) is a province of Turkey. The province was known as Çapakçur Province (Armenian: Ճապաղջուր, lit. 'spread out water') before 1945 when it was renamed as Bingöl Province. Its area is 8,003 km, and its population is 282,556 (2022). The province encompasses 11 municipalities, 325 villages and 693 hamlets.

The town of Genç was the scene of origin for the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1925 and most of the region was captured by the rebels during the rebellion.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bingöl Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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