title: Çayırlı District
text: # 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.
  
  