Bingöl
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• Belediye / Municipality:
www.bingol.bel.tr
• Valilik / Governorate:
www.bingol.gov.tr
Bingöl (Armenian: Chapaghjour {Ճապաղջուր}) (Zazaki: Çolig) (Turkish for: a thousand lakes) is a city in Eastern Turkey. Until 1950, it was known as Çabakcur, which means violent water in Armenian (in Turkish, the toponym was Çapakçur and also Çevlik). Before the 1915-23 Armenian genocide this was Armenian city. It is surrounded by mountains and a large number of glacier lakes, hence the name. Lately, the town has become a popular tourist destination. It has a population of 98,424, mostly zazaki kurdish people.
In the Middle Ages, Bingöl was known as Romanoupolis (Greek: Ῥωμανοῦπολις) after the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, who incorporated it permanently into the Byzantine Empire in 942. It initially formed a subdivision of the thema of Mesopotamia, but it was later (ca. 970) elevated into a separate theme.
www.bingol.bel.tr
• Valilik / Governorate:
www.bingol.gov.tr
Bingöl (Armenian: Chapaghjour {Ճապաղջուր}) (Zazaki: Çolig) (Turkish for: a thousand lakes) is a city in Eastern Turkey. Until 1950, it was known as Çabakcur, which means violent water in Armenian (in Turkish, the toponym was Çapakçur and also Çevlik). Before the 1915-23 Armenian genocide this was Armenian city. It is surrounded by mountains and a large number of glacier lakes, hence the name. Lately, the town has become a popular tourist destination. It has a population of 98,424, mostly zazaki kurdish people.
In the Middle Ages, Bingöl was known as Romanoupolis (Greek: Ῥωμανοῦπολις) after the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos, who incorporated it permanently into the Byzantine Empire in 942. It initially formed a subdivision of the thema of Mesopotamia, but it was later (ca. 970) elevated into a separate theme.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingöl
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 38°53'32"N 40°31'11"E
- Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality 107 km
- Batman 114 km
- Erzincan 145 km
- Bayburt ( Baberd ) 161 km
- Köse 171 km
- Kelkit 173 km
- Van Metropolitan Municipality 236 km
- Ortahisar (District) 248 km
- Yerevan 362 km
- Khoy 382 km
- 49th Motorized Infantry Brigade 1.7 km
- Kaleönü 3 km
- Bingöl University 3.4 km
- Bingol Airport 7.4 km
- Bingöl Plain 8.9 km
- Gozer 10 km
- Bingöl Province 14 km
- Genç District 26 km
- Adaklı District 38 km
- Karlıova District 57 km
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