Elazığ Postal Codes, Doğu Anadolu Turkey

Find all official postal codes and zip codes for Elazığ, located in Doğu Anadolu, Turkey. The table below lists the specific postal codes for various places, towns, and neighborhoods within Elazığ to ensure your mail and packages are correctly routed.

Districts in Elazığ

Elazığ on the Map

The map above highlights the geographic boundaries of the Elazığ provinces in Turkey. The postal codes listed on this page correspond to specific towns, villages, and post offices within this area.

What to Know About Elazığ

Elazig is a province located in the Upper Euphrates Basin in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is adjacent to Bingöl, Tunceli, Malatya and Diyarbakır in terms of location. It consists of 11 districts, 20 municipalities, 148 neighborhoods and 552 villages in total. It is the 4th largest province of Eastern Anatolia in terms of population. The people of Elazığ, which means brother or elder brother, are called gakkoş.

As important caravan routes connecting Anatolia and Mesopotamia passed, it became a settlement over time. In this way, it has hosted many cultures. It is seen that Muslim, Armenian, Greek and Syriac peoples lived together in this region for many years and the remains of their civilizations. The name of the province was changed to El-Azik, which means Azık, with a proposal made by Atatürk during his visit to the city in 1937, and in time it was named Elazığ due to its ease and ease of pronunciation in Turkish.

Elazig is generally under the influence of continental climate. The summers are hot and dry, and the winters are cold and harsh. Compared to the surrounding provinces, winters are slightly milder. Recently, dams built around Elazig have caused deviations in the climate. It receives a lot of precipitation in winter and spring months. Therefore, the diversity of agricultural products has increased.