Maden, Elazığ

Maden
Municipality
Maden is located in Turkey
Maden
Maden
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°23′23″N 39°40′07″E / 38.38972°N 39.66861°E / 38.38972; 39.66861
CountryTurkey
ProvinceElazığ
DistrictMaden
Government
 • MayorOrhan Yavuz (MHP)
Elevation
1,054 m (3,458 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
3,662
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
23400
ClimateCsa
Websitewww.maden.bel.tr

Maden (Armenian: Արղանա-Մադեն, romanized: Argana-Maden[2]) is a town (belde) in Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Maden District.[3] Its population is 3,662 (2021).[1] The mayor is Orhan Yavuz Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).[4]

Demographics

According to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, there were 10,559 Armenians in the kaza of Maden on the eve of the First World War, maintaining ten churches, two monasteries and seven schools.[2] They were all massacred in July 1915, by being thrown in a crevasse in Çüngüş called Yudan Dere (Armenian: Dudan).[2]

Mother tongue, Maden District, 1927 Turkish census[5]
Turkish Arabic Kurdish Circassian Armenian Unknown or other language
2,452 1 7,544 – 5 17
Religion, Maden District, 1927 Turkish census[5]
Muslim Christian Jewish Unknown or other religion
9,999 19 – 1

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Kaza Argana / Arghana / Maden - Մադեն /Arġanameden -Արղանամեդեն / Erğani Madeni". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Elazığ Maden Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b 1927 NÜFUS SAYIMI SONUÇLARINA GÖRE ELAZIĞ NÜFUSU


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