Elazığ Province

Elâzığ Province Elazığ ili
Province o Turkey
Location of Elâzığ Province in Turkey
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Eastren Anatolie
Govrenment
• Electoral destrict	Elâzığ
• Govrenor	Muammer Erol
Area
• Tot	9153 km2 (3,534 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Tot	552,646
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0424
Vehicle registration	23
Website	elazig.gov.tr

Elâzığ Province (Turkis: Elâzığ ili) is a province o Turkey wi its seat in the ceety o Elâzığ. The source o the Euphrates river is locatit in this province.

The province haes a population o 552,646 as o 2010. The population o the province wis 569,616 in 2000 an 498,225 in 1990. The total aurie o the province is (3,534 sq mi), 826 km2 (319 sq mi) o which is covered bi reservoirs an natural lakes.

The current governor o the province is Muammer Erol (syne 2006).

On 8 Mairch 2010, the province suffered an earthquake o magnitude 6.0, killin 42 fowk.^[2][3]

Elâzığ is traversed bi the northeasterly line o equal latitude an langitude.

Elâzığ province is dividit intae 11 destricts (caipital destrict in bold):

• Ağın
• Alacakaya
• Arıcak
• Baskil
• Elâzığ
• Karakoçan
• Keban
• Kovancılar
• Maden
• Palu
• Sivrice

• 
  Hazarbaba ski center
• 
  A view frae the toun o Karakoçan
• 
  A view frae Elâzığ ceety

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Elazığ Province.

• (in Turkis) Elâzığ govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
• (in Turkis) Elâzığ municipality's offeecial wabsteid
• (in Turkis) Elazig Daily News
• (in Inglis) Elâzığ wather forecast information Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine

Coordinates: 38°40′03″N 39°21′35″E / 38.66750°N 39.35972°E / 38.66750; 39.35972