Elazığ Province

Elazığ Province is a province of Turkey with its seat in the city of Elazığ. This province is also the source of the Euphrates river. THe province has a population of 595,307 as of 2006. The population of the province was 569,616 in 2000 and 498,225 in 1990. The total area of the province is 9,153 km², 826 km² of which is covered by reservoirs and natural lakes. The current governor of the province is Muammer MUŞMAL (since 2006).

Districts

Elazığ province is divided into 11 districts (capital district in bold):

• Ağın
• Alacakaya
• Arıcak
• Baskil
• Elazığ
• Karakoçan
• Keban
• Kovancılar
• Maden
• Palu
• Sivrice