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Elazığ..

GEOGRAPHY

The province of Elaziğ is situated on the upper part of the Fırat River in Eastern Anatolia. It is one of our well planned cities established towards the end of the 19.th century, on the Elaziğ plain. The province is 1067 meters above see level and occupies an area of 9153 square meters. It is bordered with Malatya from the west,Bingöl on the east, Erzincan on the west and Diyarbakır on the South. The provınce is in the shape of peninsula. An inland climate dominates it. It is circled with the Keban and Karakaya dam lakes and the natural wonder Hazar. This layout has caused dramatic changes to the province’s climate. The Hazarbaba mountain stands at an altitude of 2347 meters. The Mastar Mountains rises to a hate of 2171 meters. Both are extensions of the Taurus mountains . important river such as the Fırat, Murat, Dicle and Karasu flow through the province.




A General Photo Of ELAZIĞ


GENERAL INFORMATION

Elaziğ is an East Anatolian city placed at the upper Euphrates Section of the Euphrates Basin. The Elaziğ province is composed bye 11 townships,573 villages,709 hamlats and in accordance with the provinsional results of 2000 censusu, the total populations of the province is 569.616 composing 265.000 people living in the provincial center along with the others living in the rural areas.





A General Photo Of Centrıum..

Posted By Yunus Çİftçi (Türkiye)