Divriği (Turkey)

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
דיבריגי (טורקיה)
Name (Latin)
Divriği (Turkey)
Other forms of name
Tivrik (Turkey)
Divrig (Turkey)
Coordinates
38.11361111 38.11361111 39.37111111 39.37111111 (gooearth )
Associated country
Turkey
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q743587
Library of congress: n 97079619
Uk: 003413470
Sources of Information
  • Divriği, 1996:p. 6, etc. (small town in the upper Euphrates area, in the Sivas Arapgir area)
  • Teghekagir Hogabardzutʻean Azgayin Kaluatsotsʻ ew Vagfotsʻ Tivriki, 1910
  • Gaz. of Turkey, 1984(Divriği; PPL; 39⁰23ʹN, 38⁰07ʹE; TU58 [i.e. in Sivas prov.])
Wikipedia description:

Divriği is a town of eleven thousand people in Sivas Province, Turkey, and is the district capital of Divriği District. The town lies on a gentle slope on the south bank of the Çaltısuyu river, a tributary of the Karasu river which flows into the Euphrates. The 13th century Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği are on UNESCO's World Heritage List by virtue of the exquisite carvings and architecture of both buildings. There are large iron mines nearby and the town is on the Turkish rail network.

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