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Arguvan
Arguvan
District and municipality
	Map showing Arguvan District in Malatya Province
	Arguvan Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 38°46′31″N 38°16′16″E / 38.77528°N 38.27111°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Malatya
Government
• Mayor	Ersoy Eren (CHP)
Area	1,096 km2 (423 sq mi)
Elevation	1,150 m (3,770 ft)
Population (2022)	6,869
• Density	6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	44960
Area code	0422
Website	www.arguvan.bel.tr

Arguvan (Kurdish: Erxewan/Arxewan)^[2] is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey.^[3] Its area is 1,096 km²,^[4] and its population is 6,869 (2022).^[1] The mayor is Ersoy Eren (CHP).

Composition

There are 49 neighbourhoods in Arguvan District:^[5]

Akören
Alhasuşağı
Armutlu
Aşağısülmenli
Asar
Asmaca
Bahçeli
Bahçelievler
Bozan
Çakmak
Çavuş
Çayırlı
Çevreli
Çiftlik
Dolaylı
Doydum
Ermişli
Eymir
Göçeruşağı
Gökağaç
Gümüşlü
Güngören
Gürge
Güveçli
Hakverdi
İçmece
İsaköy
Karababa
Karahüyük
Kızık
Kızıluşağı
Koçak
Kömürlük
Konakbaşı
Kuruttaş
Kuyudere
Morhamam
Narmikan
Parçikan
Şotik
Tarlacık
Tatkınık
Tepebağ
Yamaç
Yeni
Yeniköy
Yoncalı
Yukarısülmenli
Yürektaşı

Demographics

The majority of the district is Alevi from both Kurdish and Turkish ethnicity. The Kurdish Atman tribe reside in ten villages and hamlets in the district. Other Kurdish tribes include the Direjan, Kurecik,^[6] and the Parçikan.^[7]

Ethnic composition of the settlements in Arguvan District:

Turkish (Alevi): Arguvan town, Akören, Armutlu, Asmaca, Aşağısülmenli, Bozan, Çavuşköy, Çayırlı, Çevreli, Doydum, Ermişli, Eymir, Gümüşlü, Gürge, İsaköy, Karahüyük, Kızık, Koçak, Konakbaşı, Kuyudere, Morhamam^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Kurdish (Alevi, Atman tribe): Alhasuşağı, Çakmak, Göçeruşağı, Gökağaç, Güngören, Kömürlük, Kuruttaş, Şotik (Çobandere), Yoncalı^[12]
Kurdish (Sunni, Atman tribe): Kızıluşağı (Yenisu)^[12]
Kurdish (Sunni, Direjan tribe): Bahçeli, Güveçli, Tatkınık^[13]^[14]
Kurdish (Sunni, Parçikan tribe): Parçikan (Bozburun)^[13]
Kurdish (Sunni, Zeyve tribe): Narmikan (Yazıbaşı)^[15]
Kurdish (Sunni): Hakverdi, Yürektaşı^[16]^[13]
Kurdish (Alevi) and Turkish (Alevi): Asar, Çiftlik, Yamaç, Yeniköy, Yukarısülmenli^[10]^[8]^[17]
Kurdish (Sunni, Direjan tribe) and Turkish (Alevi): Tarlacık^[8]^[18]
Kurdish (Sunni, Zeyve tribe) and Turkish (Alevi): İçmece, Karababa^[19]^[10]^[20]

Notable people

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 256.
^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. p. 150.
^ ^a ^b ^c Andrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 96. ISBN 9783895002298.
^ Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. p. 271.
^ ^a ^b Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 292–293.
^ ^a ^b ^c Andrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 122. ISBN 9783895002298.
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^ "Yazıbaşı". Nişanyan Yeradları (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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^ "MÜŞADİ (YAMAÇ)" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "EKTİR (TARLACIK)" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "Köyümüzün Tarihi" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2021-08-29. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "MAMAHAR (KARABABA)" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 29 August 2021.