Maden | |
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Coordinates: 38°23′23″N 39°40′07″E / 38.38972°N 39.66861°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Elazığ |
District | Maden |
Government | |
• Mayor | Orhan Yavuz (MHP) |
Elevation | 1,054 m (3,458 ft) |
Population (2021)[1] | 3,662 |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 23400 |
Climate | Csa |
Website | www |
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]
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]
Turkish | Arabic | Kurdish | Circassian | Armenian | Unknown or other language |
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2,452 | 1 | 7,544 | – | 5 | 17 |
Muslim | Christian | Jewish | Unknown or other religion |
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9,999 | 19 | – | 1 |