Elazığ: population and official figures

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Elazığ: GDP per person across the province that contains the city of Elazığ was $10,660 (349,939 lira) in 2024, 30% below the national figure of $15,325; it ranked 12th lowest of 33 big-city provinces.
• Health in Elazığ: Elazığ (figures for the whole province) had 1,859 doctors in 2024, 308 per 100,000 people, 4th highest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 796 of them were specialists.
• Education in Elazığ: 18.3% of residents aged 15 and over across the province that contains the city of Elazığ held a university or college degree in 2024, 17th highest of 33 big-city provinces (national 19.6%); the share was 16.4% for women and 20.4% for men.
• Poverty and living standards in Elazığ: 13,052 homes were sold across the province that contains the city of Elazığ in 2024 (21.6 per 1,000 residents, +40% on 2014); 4.7% of the sales were mortgaged.
• Government budget and revenue in Elazığ: Central government units across the province that contains the city of Elazığ collected 21.4 billion lira of budget revenue in 2025, 35,388 lira per resident (9th lowest of 33 big-city provinces), and spent 66.5 billion lira.
• Government and politics in Elazığ: The province of Elazığ’s 10 district mayoralties outside the provincial centre were split in March 2024 as follows: the New Welfare Party (Yeniden Refah) 3, AK Parti 3, MHP 2, DEM Parti 1, BBP 1.

Who runs Elazığ?

In Türkiye, cities and towns are run by metropolitan municipalities: Metropolitan mayor and council elected for five years; in other provinces a directly elected provincial council, with the appointed governor heading the executive. Transport, water, major roads, planning and services across a whole province.

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Sources

• United Nations Statistics Division: Demographic Yearbook 2024, Table 8: Population of capital cities and cities of 100 000 or more inhabitants, latest available year, 2005-2024, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0c6784df022e…)
• Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı, Muhasebat Genel Müdürlüğü (Ministry of Treasury and Finance): 2025 central government budget revenue and expenditure by province (cumulative to December 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 ee14ab6763f0…)
• Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı, Muhasebat Genel Müdürlüğü (Ministry of Treasury and Finance): 2025 local government budget expenditure by institution type and province (municipalities, provincial special administrations, local unions), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 a64619ab0792…)
• Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı, Muhasebat Genel Müdürlüğü (Ministry of Treasury and Finance): 2025 general budget tax revenue assessed and collected by province (cumulative to December 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 adf424e2695d…)
• Yüksek Seçim Kurulu (YSK, Supreme Election Council), Seçmen Kütüğü Genel Müdürlüğü: Seçim İstatistikleri 2020-2024 (election statistics: 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections, 31 March 2024 local elections), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 cb8acf717c1a…)
• Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute): Bölgesel İstatistikler (Regional Statistics database): 114 indicators for the 81 provinces, 2014-2024 (CSV export), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 54a60ac62f7a…)

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