Bingöl Province
Location of Bingöl Province in Turkey
Overview
Region:	Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
Area:	8,125 (km²)
Total Population	245,243 TUIK 2007 (est)
Licence plate code:	12
Area code:	0426
Governor Website	http://www.bingol.gov.tr

Bingöl Province is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia. The province was created in 1946 out of parts of Elazığ and Erzincan. The new province was known as Çapakçur Province until 1950. Its neighbouring provinces are Tunceli (Dersim), Erzurum, Muş, Diyarbakır, Erzincan and Elazığ. The province covers an area of 8,125 km² and has a population of 245,243. The spoken languague is mainly Turkish and Kurdish. The capital is Bingöl.

[edit] Districts

Bingöl province is divided into 8 districts (capital district in bold):

• Adaklı
• Bingöl
• Genç
• Karlıova
• Kiğı
• Solhan
• Yayladere
• Yedisu

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Bingöl Province

• (Turkish) Bingöl governor's official website
• (Turkish) Bingöl municipality's official website
• (English) Bingöl weather forecast information
• (Turkish) Bingöl and Solhan local news website

v • d • e Bingöl Province (in the Eastern Anatolia region) of Turkey Urban districts Bingöl Rural districts Adaklı - Daraheni - Karlıova - Kiğı - Solhan - Yayladere - Yedisu Regions Provinces Aegean Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak Black Sea Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak Central Anatolia Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat Eastern Anatolia Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elâzığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van Marmara Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova Mediterranean Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Kilis - Mersin - Osmaniye Southeastern Anatolia Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

v • d • e Provinces of Turkey Adana · Adıyaman · Afyonkarahisar · Ağrı · Aksaray · Amasya · Ankara · Antalya · Ardahan · Artvin · Aydın · Balıkesir · Bartın · Batman · Bayburt · Bilecik · Bingöl · Bitlis · Bolu · Burdur · Bursa · Çanakkale · Çankırı · Çorum · Denizli · Diyarbakır · Düzce · Edirne · Elazığ · Erzincan · Erzurum · Eskişehir · Gaziantep · Giresun · Gümüşhane · Hakkâri · Hatay · Iğdır · Isparta · Istanbul · İzmir · Kahramanmaraş · Karabük · Karaman · Kars · Kastamonu · Kayseri · Kilis · Kırıkkale · Kırklareli · Kırşehir · Kocaeli · Konya · Kütahya · Malatya · Manisa · Mardin · Mersin · Muğla · Muş · Nevşehir · Niğde · Ordu · Osmaniye · Rize · Sakarya · Samsun · Şanlıurfa · Siirt · Sinop · Şırnak · Sivas · Tekirdağ · Tokat · Trabzon · Tunceli · Uşak · Van · Yalova · Yozgat · Zonguldak

Coordinates: 39°02′28″N 40°40′33″E / 39.04111°N 40.67583°E / 39.04111; 40.67583

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