Refahiye District

Refahiye District
Refahiye District
District
	Map showing Refahiye District in Erzincan Province
	Refahiye District Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 39°54′N 38°46′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Erzincan
Seat	Refahiye
Government
• Kaymakam	Ömer Faruk Canpolat
Area	1,808 km2 (698 sq mi)
Population (2022)	11,269
• Density	6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	TRT (UTC+3)
Website	www.refahiye.gov.tr

Refahiye District is a district of the Erzincan Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Refahiye.[1] Its area is 1,808 km²,[2] and its population is 11,269 (2022).[3]

Composition

The district is predominantly populated by Sunni Turks and Alevi Kurds.[4][5] There are moreover a Georgian presence among the Sunni Turkish-populated villages and few Alevi Turkish villages as well.[6]

Some of the settlements were formerly populated by either Armenians or Greeks.[7]

Settlements

There is one municipality in Refahiye District:[1]

Refahiye

There are 121 villages in Refahiye District:[8]

References

İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
Mumcu, Uğur (1991). Kürt-İslam ayaklanması, 1919-1925 (in Turkish). p. 35. ISBN 9789754780888.
Andrews, Peter A. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. Reichert. pp. 199–200. ISBN 9783882264180.
Kaplanoğlu, Yücel (2009). Refahiye'nin sosyo-kültürel ve dini yapısı üzerine bir inceleme (Thesis) (in Turkish). p. 37.
Kaplanoğlu, Yücel (2009). Refahiye'nin sosyo-kültürel ve dini yapısı üzerine bir inceleme (Thesis) (in Turkish). p. 5 and 115.
Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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[ilce-1] İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[2] "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[3] "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

[4] Mumcu, Uğur (1991). Kürt-İslam ayaklanması, 1919-1925 (in Turkish). p. 35. ISBN 9789754780888.

[5] Andrews, Peter A. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. Reichert. pp. 199–200. ISBN 9783882264180.

[6] Kaplanoğlu, Yücel (2009). Refahiye'nin sosyo-kültürel ve dini yapısı üzerine bir inceleme (Thesis) (in Turkish). p. 37.

[7] Kaplanoğlu, Yücel (2009). Refahiye'nin sosyo-kültürel ve dini yapısı üzerine bir inceleme (Thesis) (in Turkish). p. 5 and 115.

[8] Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.