Type: | district |
Çayırlı District | |
Province: | Erzincan |
Seat: | Çayırlı |
Population Total: | 8383 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Area Total Km2: | 1062 |
Coordinates: | 39.8°N 42°W |
Çayırlı District is a district of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The municipality of Çayırlı is the seat and the district had a population of 8,383 in 2021.[1] [2] Its area is 1,062 km2.[3]
The district was established in 1954.[4]
The district encompasses one municipality (Çayırlı), forty-eight villages and thirty-one hamlets.
The villages are:
In 1989, anthropologist Andrews counted 64 villages in the district of which Alevis were present in 54 villages and Sunni Muslims in 13 villages.[5]