Ovacık, Dersim

Ovacık
Ovacık
Coordinates: 39°21′31″N 39°12′59″E / 39.35861°N 39.21639°ECoordinates: 39°21′31″N 39°12′59″E / 39.35861°N 39.21639°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Tunceli
Government
• Mayor	Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu (TKP)
• Kaymakam	Ahmet Türköz
Area[1]
• District	1,517.66 km^2 (585.97 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
• Urban	0
• District	6,352
• District density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Post code	62900
Website	http://www.tunceliovacik.gov.tr/

Ovacık (Ottoman Turkish: پلور‎ Pulur,^[3] Zazaki: Pulur, Kurdish: Pulur‎) is a town and its surrounding district in Tunceli Province of Turkey. It has a population of 3,227.

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. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 414.