Hizan

Hizan (Kurdish: Xîzan‎[3]) is a town and a district of Bitlis Province, Turkey.

For the village in Iran, see Hizan, Iran.
Hizan
Hizan
Coordinates: 38°13′32″N 42°25′37″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceBitlis
Government
 • MayorCezail Aktaş (SP)
 • District GovernorMustafa Köleoğlu
Area
 • District971.35 km2 (375.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
10,841
 • District
38,809
 • District density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Post code
13600
Websitewww.hizan.bel.tr

Government

In the local elections in March 2019, Cezail Aktaş from the Felicity Party (SP) was elected mayor.[4] The current District Governor is Mustafa Köleoĝlu.[5]     

Education

In the district exists the Hizan Public Education Center, where several courses are offered.[6]

Curfews

In the villages of the district, several curfews were announced and imposed by the Governor of Bitlis Province.[7][8][9]

Demographics

In 1895 the district of Hizan counted dozens of Armenian villages. The majority of the Christian Armenian population was either killed or forced to convert to Islam, according to the Catholikos of Akhdamar.[10] In the records of the Ottoman Government, in 1914 the population was 70% Muslim and 30% Christian.[10]

Climate
Climate data for Hizan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)		 3.4
(38.1)		 7.4
(45.3)		 13.6
(56.5)		 19.6
(67.3)		 26.0
(78.8)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.6
(87.1)		 26.3
(79.3)		 18.6
(65.5)		 10.9
(51.6)		 4.6
(40.3)		 16.2
(61.1)
Average low °C (°F) −3.7
(25.3)		 −4.5
(23.9)		 −0.4
(31.3)		 4.4
(39.9)		 8.7
(47.7)		 13.0
(55.4)		 16.9
(62.4)		 16.6
(61.9)		 12.8
(55.0)		 7.6
(45.7)		 2.2
(36.0)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 6.0
(42.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 103
(4.1)		 117
(4.6)		 119
(4.7)		 122
(4.8)		 74
(2.9)		 18
(0.7)		 4
(0.2)		 3
(0.1)		 10
(0.4)		 71
(2.8)		 104
(4.1)		 108
(4.3)		 853
(33.6)
Source: Climate-data.org

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Avcýkýran, Dr. Adem (ed.). "Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî" (PDF). Tirsik. p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Şafak, Yeni (2019-11-21). "Bitlis Hizan Seçim Sonuçları – Hizan Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  5. "Mustafa KÖLEOĞLU". www.hizan.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  6. KORKMAZ, MEHMET (2018-07-17). "Hizan Halk Eğitimi Merkezi (Hizan Public Education Center)". EPALE - European Commission. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  7. "Operation, Curfew in District of Hizan in Bitlis". Bianet. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. "2-Month Curfew Lifted in Bitlis, Another One Declared on the Same Day". Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  9. "Curfew in 14 hamlets in Bitlis". ANF News. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  10. Verheij, Jelle (2018-03-30). ""The year of the firman:" The 1895 massacres in Hizan and Şirvan (Bitlis vilayet)". Études arméniennes contemporaines (10): 125–159. doi:10.4000/eac.1495. ISSN 2269-5281.
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