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About Kovancılar
Kovancılar (Kurdish: Qowançiyan) is a town in Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Kovancılar District. Its population is 25,295 (2021). The mayor is Vahap Gök (BBP)
From the Wikipedia article Kovancılar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Within the framework of the exchange agreement signed between Romania and Turkey in 1934, 300 Turkish families from Romania were transferred to the Elâzığ province. Due to the winter season, the immigrants were first subjected to temporary settlement in the surrounding villages and then settled in the current district center. In the spring of 1935, a new village of 300 households was established. This new settlement was named after Kovancılar, the village where the immigrants had resided in Romania. In 1935, the zoning plan of Kovancılar, which was built on a completely empty land, was prepared in the best way with the possibilities of that time and constituted an exemplary settlement in the province of Elâzığ.
In 1968, the municipal organization was established, and then with the law dated 19 June 1987 and numbered 3392, Kovancılar gained the status of district.
From the History section of Kovancılar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Kovancılar
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Getting there and nearby towns
Elazığ Airport (EZS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 52 km away.
- Palu 6 km southeast, about 6 min by car
- Çakırkaş 11 km northeast, about 11 min by car
- Yarımca 11 km southwest, about 11 min by car
- Baltaşı 16 km southwest, about 16 min by car
- Halkalı 21 km south, about 21 min by car
- Okçular 27 km northeast, about 27 min by car
- Karakoçan 30 km northeast, about 30 min by car
- Arıcak 29 km southeast, about 29 min by car
- Elazığ 56 km west, about 56 min by car
- Bingöl 58 km east, about 58 min by car
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Kovancilar1, Klaus-Peter Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kovancılar 01, KureCewlik81, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kovancılar 02, KureCewlik81, CC BY-SA 4.0
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