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Çukurca, Yüksekova

Not to be confused with the town of Çukurca in Hakkâri Province.

Çukurca (Kurdish: Pagê,[2] Syriac: Pāge[3]) is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[4] It is populated by Kurds of the Dirî tribe and had a population of 554 in 2023.[1][5] Çukurca was a hamlet of Demirkonak before receiving village status in 2014.

History

The village was populated by 15 Assyrian families in 1850 and 30 families in 1877.[3]

Population

Population history of the village from 2015 to 2023:[1]

Population
YearPop.±%
2015591—    
2018592+0.2%
2020607+2.5%
2023554−8.7%

References

  1. ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Yüksekova köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve Eski isimleri" (in Turkish). 27 January 2021. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 302.
  4. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Kızılkaya, Abdulkadir (2024). Suhbeta Sed Eşîran (in Kurdish). Nûbihar. p. 150.