Maden, Elazığ

Municipality in Elazığ, Turkey

Maden

Municipality

Maden

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 38°23′23″N 39°40′07″E﻿ / ﻿38.38972°N 39.66861°E﻿ / 38.38972; 39.66861
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.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

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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

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2,452 | 1 | 7,544 | – | 5 | 17
Religion, Maden District, 1927 Turkish census[5] Muslim | Christian | Jewish | Unknown or other religion

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9,999 | 19 | – | 1

## Notable people

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* Nûredin Zaza, politician
* Fatih Kısaparmak, musician

## References

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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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Maden District

Municipalities|

* Maden

Villages|

* Ağadibek
* Akboğa
* Altıntarla
* Arslantaşı
* Bahçedere
* Cumhuriyetçi
* Çakıroğlu
* Çalkaya
* Çayırköy
* Çitliköy
* Durmuştepe
* Dutpınar
* Eğrikavak
* Gezin
* Hanevleri
* Hatunköy
* Işıktepe
* Karatop
* Kartaldere
* Kaşlıca
* Kavak
* Kayalar
* Kızıltepe
* Koçkonağı
* Kumyazı
* Küçükova
* Naldöken
* Örtülü
* Plajköy
* Polatköy
* Sağrılı
* Tekevler
* Tepecik
* Topaluşağı
* Yenibahçe
* Yeşilova
* Yıldızhan
* Yoncapınar

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