Keban

Keban is a town and district of Elazığ Province of Turkey. In the local elections 2019 the independent Fethiye Atlı was elected as Mayor. The population was 4,857 in 2012.
Keban is at the west of Elazığ Province and 46 km. far away from province center. At the east of Keban, there is Elazığ Province. At west, Arapgir District of Malatya Province, at north there is Çemişgezek District of Tunceli Province, at northwest, Ağın District, at south, Baskil province. There is the second biggest dam of Turkey, Keban Dam.
In 1927, of the population in the district spoke Kurdish as their mother tongue, while that number rose to 39% in 1968.