Ovacık

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City facts

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Overview

Ovacık is a municipality (belde) and seat of the Ovacık District in Tunceli Province, Turkey. It is populated by Alevi Kurds of the Abasan tribe and had a population of 3,018 in 2021.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ferhat Tunç

Turkish musician of Zaza ancestry (born 1964)

Sinan Kaloğlu

Turkish association football player (born 1981)

Seyit Rıza

Zaza tribal chief

Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu

Turkish statesperson (born 1968)

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Musa Dolu

Turkish association football player (born 1993)

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Mehmet Ali Eren

Turkish statesperson (born 1951)

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Vahdet Sinan Yerlikaya

Turkish statesperson (born 1951)

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Yılmaz Çelik

Turkish writer (born 1969)

Mustafa Sarıgül

Turkish politician (born 1976)

Saint Evgenios

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tunceli

• Çemişgezek
  26.1 mi away · pop. 2,929
• Viticuso
  1331.1 mi away · pop. 428
• San Biagio Saracinisco
  1333.1 mi away · pop. 365
• San Vittore del Lazio
  1333.3 mi away · pop. 2,674
• Vallerotonda
  1333.9 mi away · pop. 1,854
• Picinisco
  1336.1 mi away · pop. 1,206
• Sant'Elia Fiumerapido
  1336.5 mi away · pop. 5,658
• Sant'Ambrogio sul Garigliano
  1336.6 mi away · pop. 984
• Villa Latina
  1337.8 mi away · pop. 1,247
• Sant'Andrea del Garigliano
  1338.2 mi away · pop. 1,589
• Cassino
  1338.4 mi away · pop. 35,265
• San Silvestro
  1338.6 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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