Karaali, Baskil

Karaali
Village
Karaali is located in Turkey
Karaali
Karaali
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°28′34″N 38°54′36″E / 38.476°N 38.910°E / 38.476; 38.910
CountryTurkey
ProvinceElazığ
DistrictBaskil
Population
 (2021)
268
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Karaali is a village in the Baskil District of Elazığ Province in Turkey.[1] The village is populated by Kurds of the Parçikan tribe and had a population of 268 in 2021.[2][3]

The hamlets of Buğular, Çakıllı, Çayırcık, Çitiluşağı, Dutluköy, Şimşeklir, Tekeli and Yoncalı are attached to the village.[1]

History

In June 2009, a 50 year-old mentally unstable villager killed six other inhabitants of the village aging from 12 to 80 years old with his shotgun.[4]

The State Hydraulic Works agreed to build a irrigation pond near the village in March 2021.[5] In August 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry started to plant trees near the village, which is expected to form a forest of over 300 ha.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  3. ^ Çakar, Enver (2012). Elazığ Baskil Yöresi Aşiretleri. Ertem Basım. p. 223. ISBN 9786058677609.
  4. ^ "Elazığ'da katliam: 6 ölü". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  5. ^ "Karaali Sulama Göleti Projesi Hayata Geçiyor". www.gunisigigazetesi.net.
  6. ^ "Baskil Orman İşletme Şefliği'nin Açılışı Yapıldı". www.elazigsonhaber.com.
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