Çayırlı District
# Çayırlı District

Çayırlı District is a district of Erzincan Province in Turkey. The municipality of Çayırlı is the seat and the district had a population of 8,383 in 2021. Its area is 1,062 $km^2.$

The district was established in 1954.

## Composition

The district encompasses one municipality (Çayırlı), forty-eight villages and thirty-one hamlets.

The villages are:

* Aşağıkartallı
* Balıklı
* Başköy
* Boybeyi
* Bozağa
* Bölükova
* Büyükgelengeç
* Büyük Yaylaköy
* Cennetpınar
* Coşan
* Çamurdere
* Çataksu
* Çaykent
* Çayönü
* Çilhoroz
* Çilligöl
* Doğanyuva
* Doluca
* Esendoruk
* Eşmepınar
* Gelinpınar
* Göller
* Harmantepe
* Hastarla
* Karataş
* Küçükgelengeç
* Mazlumağa
* Mirzaoğlu
* Oğultaşı
* Ortaçat
* Ozanlı
* Paşayurdu
* Pınarlı
* Saraycık
* Sarıgüney
* Saygılı
* Sırataş
* Toprakkale
* Tosunlar
* Turnaçayırı
* Verimli
* Yaylakent
* Yaylalar
* Yazıkaya
* Yeşilyaka
* Yukarıçamurdere
* Yukarıkartallı
* Yürekli

## Religion

In 1989, anthropologist Andrews counted 64 villages in the district of which Alevis were present in 54 villages and Sunni Muslims in 13 villages.

