Erzincan is the capital of Erzincan Province in the eastern Anatolian region of Turkey. Erzincan Province is a Province on the Eastern region of Anatolia, Turkey and home to Erzincan, a city which was destroyed and rebuilt after an earthquake Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Nearby cities include Erzurum, Sivas, Tunceli, Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Gumushane, Bayburt, and Giresun. Theodosiopolis redirects here it is also a name of the ancient city of Apros, Thrace Sivas (the late-Classical and Medieval Sebastia, sometimes spelt Sebastea or Sebasteia, Greek: Σεβάστεια, Armenian Tunceli ( Zazaish: Mamekiye, Kurdish: Dersim) is the provincial capital of Tunceli Province in Turkey. Bingöl ( Zazaish: Çolig) ( Turkish for a thousand lakes) is a city in Eastern Turkey. Elazığ (formerly named "Mamuret ül-Aziz" or in strict Arabic transliteration as "Ma'mûrat al-'Aziz" officially in honor Malatya ( Hittite: Melid; Greek: Μαλάτεια Malateia; Armenian: Մալաթիա Malatia; Kurdish: Gümüşhane is a city in northeastern Turkey and the seat of Gümüşhane Province. Bayburt ( Armenian: Բաբերդ, Baberd) is the provincial capital of Turkey 's Bayburt Province. Giresun ( Greek: Κερασούντα, Pharnacia, Choerades) is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the The city is located at 39° 45' 12" North and 39° 20' 28" East, with an altitude of 1185 meters. The population is 107,175 (2000 census). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
The city is very famous for the special cheese called "Tulum Peyniri" in Turkish. Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages.
Erzincan is located on the North Anatolian Fault, a very seismically active fault zone, and has been struck by several severe earthquakes in its history, most notably that on December 26, 1939 which killed approximately 39,000 people (1939 Erzincan earthquake). The North Anatolian Fault (NAF ( Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı is a major active right lateral-moving Geologic fault in northern Anatolia which runs along the Tectonic In Geology a fault, or fault line, is a planar rock fracture which shows evidence of relative movement An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Erzincan earthquake of 1939 was a major Natural disaster that hit the province of Erzincan in eastern Turkey at 157 am (GMT 1157 pm on December The last major earthquake took place in March 13, 1992. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
Varaztad Kazanjian, Armenian-American dentist who was one of the pioneers of plastic surgery, was born in Erzincan. Dr Varaztad Kazanjian (1897-1968 was an Oral surgeon, of Armenian descent who pioneered techniques for Plastic surgery.
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