The majority of the district is Alevi from both Kurdish and Turkish ethnicity. The Kurdish Atman tribe reside in ten villages and hamlets in the district. Other Kurdish tribes include the Direjan, Kurecik,[6] and the Parçikan.[7]
Ethnic composition of the settlements in Arguvan District:
^Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 292–293 & 303.
^ abcPeter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 256.
^Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. p. 150.
^ abcAndrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 96. ISBN9783895002298.
^Aksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. p. 271.
^ abAksüt, Hamza (2012). Aleviler: Türkiye, İran, İrak, Suriye, Bulgaristan : araştırma-inceleme (in Turkish) (5 ed.). Yurt Kitap-Yayın. pp. 292–293.
^ abcAndrews, Peter; Benninghaus, Rüdiger (2002). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey: Supplement and Index. p. 122. ISBN9783895002298.
^"TATKINIK" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^"Yazıbaşı". Nişanyan Yeradları (in Turkish). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^Ertürk, Kenan (2000). "Malatya'nın etnik yapısının siyasi hayata etkileri" (in Turkish): 133. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)