Maden, Elazığ

Maden (Armenian: Արղանա-Մադեն, romanized: Argana-Maden^[2]) is a town (belde) in Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Maden District.^[3] Its population is 3,662 (2021).^[1] The mayor is Orhan Yavuz Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).^[4]

Maden
Municipality
Maden Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°23′23″N 39°40′07″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Elazığ
District	Maden
Government
• Mayor	Orhan Yavuz (MHP)
Elevation	1,054 m (3,458 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]	3,662
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	23400
Climate	Csa
Website	www.maden.bel.tr

Demographics

According to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, there were 10,559 Armenians in the kaza of Maden on the eve of the First World War, maintaining ten churches, two monasteries and seven schools.^[2] They were all massacred in July 1915, by being thrown in a crevasse in Çüngüş called Yudan Dere (Armenian: Dudan).^[2]

Mother tongue, Maden District, 1927 Turkish census^[5]

Turkish	Arabic	Kurdish	Circassian	Armenian	Unknown or other language
2,452	1	7,544	–	5	17

Religion, Maden District, 1927 Turkish census^[5]

Muslim	Christian	Jewish	Unknown or other religion
9,999	19	–	1

Notable people

• Nûredin Zaza, politician
• Fatih Kısaparmak, musician