Ovacık, Tunceli Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Türkiye

Etymology | Politics

🇹🇷 Ovacık (Pulur, : پلور, Pulur,) is a municipality (belde) and seat of the Ovacık District in Tunceli Province, Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Abasan tribe.

Etymology Its name is derived from a small plain between the Munzur and Mercan mountains (ova meaning plain).

Politics It was the only town to elect a communist mayor in 2014 Turkish local elections, Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu, member of the Communist Party of Turkey. He made public transport free of charge and in 2017 he opened a municipal agricultural cooperative that produced chickpeas, beans, and honey and according to Maçoğlu gave work to 250 people. In the Municipal elections of 2019 Mustafa Sarıgül from the CHP was elected mayor.

Istanbul Time 

Ovacık has a population of over 6,366 people. Ovacık also forms part of the wider Tunceli metropolitan area which has a population of over 84,366 people. Ovacık is situated near Tunceli.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Ovacık has links with:

🇹🇷 Kartal, Turkey

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North of: 39.35

🇺🇸 West Chester 39.353

🇬🇷 Karditsa 39.367

🇬🇷 Volos 39.368

🇺🇸 Castle Rock 39.376

🇺🇸 Bridgeton 39.376

🇺🇸 Egg Harbor 39.378

🇯🇵 Yurihonjō 39.378

🇯🇵 Hanamaki 39.383

🇺🇸 Towson 39.383

🇺🇸 Hamilton 39.383

South of: 39.35

🇦🇿 Neftchala 39.35

🇪🇸 Silla 39.35

🇺🇸 Mason 39.35

🇺🇸 Highlands Ranch 39.35

🇺🇸 Atlantic City 39.35

🇺🇸 Truckee 39.339

🇺🇸 Chillicothe 39.328

🇮🇹 Iglesias 39.313

🇯🇵 Yokote 39.304

🇺🇸 Deerfield 39.3

East of: 39.2

🇹🇿 Mkuranga 39.2

🇷🇺 Voronezh 39.202

🇹🇷 Elazığ 39.217

🇹🇿 Zanzibar City 39.224

🇹🇿 Mchafukoge 39.25

🇲🇿 Nampula 39.259

🇲🇿 Nampula City 39.264

🇪🇹 Nazret 39.267

🇹🇿 Mkokotoni 39.267

🇹🇿 Dar es Salaam 39.283

West of: 39.2

🇸🇦 Jedda 39.173

🇸🇦 Jeddah 39.167

🇹🇿 Ilala 39.133

🇪🇹 Asela 39.117

🇹🇿 Tanga 39.1

🇺🇦 Antratsyt 39.083

🇷🇺 Tuapse 39.079

🇰🇪 Moyale 39.056

🇪🇹 Moyale 39.056

🇪🇷 Dekemhare 39.033

Antipodal to Ovacık is: -140.8,-39.35

Locations Near: Ovacık 39.2,39.35

🇹🇷 Tunceli 39.533,39.1 d: 40  

🇹🇷 Elazığ 39.217,38.667 d: 76  

🇹🇷 Malatya 38.317,38.333 d: 136.5  

🇹🇷 Kâhta 38.617,37.767 d: 183.2  

🇹🇷 Trabzon 39.717,41 d: 188.6  

🇹🇷 Giresun 38.392,40.916 d: 187.2  

🇹🇷 Diyarbakır 40.24,37.91 d: 183.8  

🇹🇷 Sur 40.233,37.9 d: 184.5  

🇹🇷 Adıyaman 38.267,37.75 d: 195.5  

🇹🇷 Aziziye 41.1,39.95 d: 175.8  

Antipodal to: Ovacık -140.8,-39.35

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17446  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16173.4  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15979.8  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15867.6  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13280.2  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13140.3  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13121.3  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13120.1  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13120.1  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13041.9  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 39.35 39.2

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