Lolan (tribe)

The Lolan (Zazaki: Lol) is a Zaza-speaking Zaza Kurd tribe.^[1][2] Lolan is one of the tribes with a large Alevi population.^[3]

EthnicityKurdish

LocationEastern Anatolia, Turkey

DemonymLolij (from Dimli 'Lolanian')

LanguageZaza, Central Kurdish, Gorani

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Lolan
Tribe
Mehmed (Mihame) Ağa, the chief of Lolan, is seated in the third row from the front right
Ethnicity	Kurdish
Location	Eastern Anatolia, Turkey
Demonym	Lolij (from Dimli 'Lolanian')
Language	Zaza, Central Kurdish, Gorani
Religion	Islam (Kurdish Alevism)

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Districts where the Lolan tribe is spread: Bingöl (Yayladere), Erzincan (Tercan), Erzurum (Hınıs, Tekman), Gümüşhane (Kelkit), Muş (Varto), and Tunceli (Pülümür, Nazımiye, Çemişgezek).^[4] The part of the Lolan tribe living on the Iran–Iraq border speaks mostly Sorani and Gorani.^[5]