city of Tunceli

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The city of Tunceli is a small, predominantly Alevi Kurdish provincial capital in eastern Turkey, known for its mountainous terrain, proximity to the Munzur Valley National Park, and history of political and cultural distinctiveness.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tunceli (city) 3
city of Tunceli canonical 2
Tunceli city center 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
climateClassification continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 39.1069 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 39.5489 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
economySector animal husbandry ⓘ
public services ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
governedAs municipality ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Alevi religious sites ⓘ
Kurdish cultural traditions ⓘ
hasFeature rugged mountains ⓘ
steep valleys ⓘ
hasMinorityGroup Zaza people ⓘ
hasPoliticalTendency left-wing ⓘ
pro-Kurdish ⓘ
hasTerrain mountainous ⓘ
hasUniversity Munzur University ⓘ
historicalName Dersim ⓘ
isProvincialCapitalOf Tunceli Province ⓘ
knownFor Alevi Kurdish population ⓘ
cultural distinctiveness ⓘ
left-wing political orientation ⓘ
mountain landscapes ⓘ
political distinctiveness ⓘ
proximity to Munzur Valley National Park ⓘ
languageCommonlySpoken Kurdish ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
Zazaki ⓘ
locatedIn Tunceli Province ⓘ
locatedInCountry Turkey ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
eastern Turkey ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Munzur River ⓘ
majorityEthnicGroup Kurds ⓘ
majorityReligionOrBelief Alevi Islam ⓘ
linked to: Alevism
nearMountainRange Eastern Taurus Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Taurus Mountains

Munzur Mountains ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Munzur Valley National Park ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small city ⓘ
provinceCode 62 ⓘ
regionType predominantly rural surroundings ⓘ
religiousSignificanceFor Alevi community ⓘ
linked to: Alevism
timeZone TRT ⓘ
utcOffset +03:00 ⓘ
vehiclePlateCode 62 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Munzur Mountains → near → city of Tunceli ⓘ
Munzur River → near → city of Tunceli ⓘ
Mazgirt → provinceCapital → Tunceli (city) ⓘ
linked to: city of Tunceli
Pertek → locatedWestOf → Tunceli (city) ⓘ
linked to: city of Tunceli
Tunceli Provincial Council → seat → Tunceli (city) ⓘ
linked to: city of Tunceli
Tunceli Provincial Council → meetsIn → Tunceli city center ⓘ
linked to: city of Tunceli