Place:Bingöl, Turkey

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NameBingöl
Alt namesBingol Ilisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Bingol Vilayetisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Bingölsource: Wikipedia
Capakcursource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Ḃingölsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) II, 218
Ḃingöl provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates39.083°N 40.833°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoDoğu Anadolu,removed name of Region
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Bingöl Province is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia. The province was known as Çapakçur Province until 1945 when it was renamed as Bingöl province which literally means "thousand lakes" in Turkish language. Its neighboring provinces are Tunceli, Erzurum, Muş, Diyarbakır, Erzincan and Elazığ. The province covers an area of 8,125 km2 and has a population of 255,170. The capital is Bingöl. As the current Governor of the province, Kadir Ekinci was appointed by the president on the 5 November 2018.

The town of Genç was the scene of origin for the Kurdish Sheikh Said rebellion in 1925 and most of the region was captured by the rebels during the rebellion.

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