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Hankendi is a village in the central district (Elazığ District) of Elazığ Province, Turkey.[1] It is situated on the Turkish state highway D.300 which connects Elazığ to Malatya. The distance to Elazığ is 18 kilometres (11 mi). Its population is 886 (2021).[2] During the Byzantine Empire, the town was a part of Anzitene region Later it became a part of Seljuks of Rum and Ottoman Empire. Ruins of the Bağdat street (Turkish: Bağdar caddesi) which was constructed during the campaign of Murat IV in 1638 is in the vicinity of the settlement. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3]
