Maden, Elazığ Explained

Type:municipality
Maden
Coordinates:38.3897°N 39.6686°W
Province:Elazığ
District:Maden
Leader Party:MHP
Leader Name:Orhan Yavuz
Elevation M:1054
Population Total:3662
Population As Of:2021
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Csa
Postal Code:23400

Maden (Armenian: Արղանա-Մադեն|translit=Argana-Maden) is a town (belde) in Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Maden District.[1] Its population is 3,662 (2021).[2] The mayor is Orhan Yavuz Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).[3]

Demographics

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.[4] They were all massacred in July 1915, by being thrown in a crevasse in Çüngüş called Yudan Dere (Armenian: Dudan).[4]

Mother tongue, Maden District, 1927 Turkish census[5] ! Turkish !! Arabic !! Kurdish !! Circassian !! Armenian !! Unknown or other language
2,452 1 7,544 5 17
Religion, Maden District, 1927 Turkish census! Muslim !! Christian !! Jewish !! Unknown or other religion
9,999 19 1

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İlçe Belediyesi
  2. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021. 22 December 2022 . TÜİK. tr . XLS.
  3. Web site: Elazığ Maden Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri. www.sabah.com.tr. 2020-05-19.
  4. Web site: Kaza Argana / Arghana / Maden - Մադեն /Arġanameden -Արղանամեդեն / Erğani Madeni . 2023-09-18 . Virtual Genocide Memorial . en-US.
  5. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/157417 1927 NÜFUS SAYIMI SONUÇLARINA GÖRE ELAZIĞ NÜFUSU