Tunceli is a municipality in Tunceli District and the capital of Tunceli Province, Turkey. The city has a Kurdish majority, predominantly Kurdish Alevi, an ethno-religious community whose identity has been shaped by the region's history of autonomy and resistance to central state authority. It had a population of 35,161 in 2021. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude39.106111 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Tunceli (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 35,161 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 39.106111, longitude 39.548056
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 940 m
P2046 (area)
area 1128.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1935
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 35161 (2021)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Tunceli - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 298846
39.09921 39.54351 P PPLA TR 62 7732998 35161 903 Europe/Istanbul
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 903 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.25, 39.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.25, 39.75
39.25 39.75 Dsb
Tunceli (Wikipedia)
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Tunceli (Armenian: Մամիկի, romanized: Mamiki; Kurdish: Kalan; Zazaki: Mamekiye) is a municipality (belde) in Tunceli District and capital of Tunceli Province, Turkey.
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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