Tunceli Province

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Tunceli Province is a mountainous and sparsely populated region in eastern Turkey known for its significant Alevi and Zaza Kurdish population and its rugged natural landscapes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Tunceli Province canonical 8
Tunceli 3
Dersim (Tunceli) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Turkey
administrativeCenter Tunceli Province self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tunceli
capital Tunceli Province self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tunceli
containsProtectedArea Munzur Valley
surface form: Munzur Valley National Park
country Turkey
demographicCharacteristic low urbanization
outmigration to western Turkey
formerName Dersim
governedBy Governor of Tunceli
hasClimate continental climate
hasDistrict Hozat
Mazgirt
Nazımiye
Ovacık
Pertek
Pülümür
Tunceli District
Çemişgezek
hasFeature deep valleys
forested areas
high plateaus
hasMinorityLanguage Kurdish
Zazaki
hasOfficialLanguage Turkish
hasRiver Munzur River
Peri River
hasSignificantPopulationGroup Alevism
surface form: Alevi

Kurds
Zaza Dimlî
surface form: Zaza Kurds
historicalRegion Dersim
knownFor Munzur Valley
rugged natural landscapes
legislativeBody Tunceli Provincial Council
locatedIn Eastern Anatolia
surface form: Eastern Anatolia Region

eastern Turkey
majorReligion Islam
majorReligiousCommunity Alevism
surface form: Alevi Muslims
neighboringProvince Bingöl Province
Elazığ Province
Erzincan Province
Erzurum Province
Malatya Province
partOf Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey
populationDensity sparsely populated
terrainFeature mountainous
timeZone TRT
utcOffset +03:00

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zazaki region Tunceli Province
eastern Turkey containsCity Tunceli Province
subject surface form: Eastern Turkey
this entity surface form: Tunceli
Keban Dam locatedInCountrySubdivision Tunceli Province
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu placeOfBirth Tunceli Province
Zaza people significantRegion Tunceli Province
Zaza people notableCityPresence Tunceli Province
this entity surface form: Dersim (Tunceli)
Zaza people historicalRegion Tunceli Province
this entity surface form: Dersim region
Dimlî spokenIn Tunceli Province
Tunceli Province capital Tunceli Province self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tunceli
Tunceli Province administrativeCenter Tunceli Province self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tunceli
Erzincan Province borderedBy Tunceli Province
Elazığ Province borderedBy Tunceli Province
Munzur Mountains locatedIn Tunceli Province