Erzincan Province ( Turkish : Erzincan ili ; Kurdish : Parezgêha Erzînganê ; Armenian : Էրզինկանի զավառ ) is a province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey . In Turkey , its capital is also called Erzincan . Its area is 11,815 km, and its population is 239,223 (2022).
7-584: Erzincan is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. It lies on the Northern Anatolian Fault , where it is often the location for earthquakes such as on 27 December 1939 and 13 March 1992 . In September 1935 the third Inspectorate General ( Umumi Müfettişlik, UM) was created, into which the Erzincan province was included. Its creation was based on the Law 1164 from June 1927, which
14-463: A point progressively further west. Seismologists studying this pattern believe that each earthquake may trigger the next. By analyzing the stresses along the fault caused by each large earthquake, they were able to predict the shock that hit the town of İzmit with devastating effect in August 1999. It is thought that the chain is not complete, and that an earthquake will soon strike further west along
21-731: Is an active right-lateral strike-slip fault in northern Anatolia , and is the transform boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Anatolian plate . The fault extends westward from a junction with the East Anatolian Fault at the Karliova Triple Junction in eastern Turkey , across northern Turkey and into the Aegean Sea for a length of 1200 −1500 kilometers. It runs about 20 km south of Istanbul . The North Anatolian Fault
28-630: Is similar in many ways to the San Andreas Fault in California. Both are continental transforms with similar lengths and slip rates. The Sea of Marmara near Istanbul is an extensional basin similar to the Salton Trough in California, where a releasing bend in the strike slip system creates a pull-apart basin . Since the disastrous 1939 Erzincan earthquake , there have been seven earthquakes measuring over 7.0 in magnitude, each happening at
35-579: The Democrat Party . Erzincan province is divided into 9 districts (capital district in bold ): 39°40′42″N 39°19′48″E / 39.67833°N 39.33000°E / 39.67833; 39.33000 This geographical article about a location in Erzincan Province , Turkey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . North Anatolian Fault The North Anatolian Fault ( NAF ) ( Turkish : Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı )
42-524: The provinces of Erzincan, Tunceli , Elazığ and the areas which would become the province of Bingöl . The Fourth UM was governed by a Governor Commander. Most of the employees in the municipalities were to be from the military and the Governor Commander had the authority to evacuate whole villages and resettle them in other areas. The Inspectorates General were dissolved in 1952 during the Government of
49-433: Was passed in order to Turkefy the population. The Erzincan province was included in this area. The third UM span over the provinces of Erzurum , Artvin , Rize , Trabzon , Kars , Gümüşhane , Erzincan and Ağrı . It was governed by an Inspector General seated in the city of Erzurum . In January 1936, a Fourth Inspectorate-General was established, under which authority the province was transferred. The fourth UM included
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