Yüksekova District

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Yüksekova District
District
Typical landscape in Yüksekova District
Typical landscape in Yüksekova District
Map showing Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province
Map showing Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
SeatYüksekova
Government
 • KaymakamÖmer Çimşit
Area
2,547 km2 (983 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
121,969
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.yuksekova.gov.tr
For the namesake municipality, see Yüksekova.

Yüksekova District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Yüksekova.[2] Its area is 2,547 km2 and had a population of 121,969 people in 2023.[3][1] It borders Iran to the east,[4] and Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the south.

History[edit]

The Cilo mountain is located in the district.[5]

The district was historically an important trade route location due to its proximity to Iran.[4]

From the 1810s to Sayfo in 1915, the entire population of around the Great Zab was East Syriac Assyrian whose main occupation was agriculture that consisted of wheat, barley, cotton and tea.[4] The local Assyrian population were descendants of people who found refuge among Kurds from the Golden Horde in the early fifteenth century.[6][7]

Traveller Soane visisted the district in 1910, describing the area as 'one of the most inaccessible of the many sealed corners of this mountain country'.[6] After the genocide, Assyrian villages were subsequently populated by Kurds.[4]

In 1936, the name of the district was Turkified to Yüksekova, 'plateau'.[4]

Settlements[edit]

Beldes[edit]

The district encompasses three municipalities:[2]

  1. Yüksekova (Gever)
  2. Büyükçiftlik (Xirvata)
  3. Esendere (Bajêrgan)

Villages[edit]

The district has fifty-two villages of which three are unpopulated:[2][8]

  1. Adaklı (Alakan)
  2. Akçalı (Kertinis)
  3. Akocak (Heleyîs)
  4. Akpınar (Soryan)
  5. Armutdüzü (Metolanis)
  6. Aşağıuluyol (Tiloran)
  7. Bağdaş (Peranîs)
  8. Bataklık (Silîwana)
  9. Beşatlı (Xilxês)
  10. Bostancık (Gulord)
  11. Bulaklı (Memkan)
  12. Çatma (Sûsyan)
  13. Çukurca (Pagê)
  14. Dağlıca (Oremar)
  15. Değerli (Memkava)
  16. Demirkonak (Kaport)
  17. Dibekli (Awerd)
  18. Dilekli (Şuke)
  19. Dilektaşı (Manîs)
  20. Doğanlı (Ertuş)
  21. Gökyurt (Tekurawa)
  22. Güldalı (Bilinbasan)
  23. Gürdere (Ciwyan)
  24. Gürkavak (Şaglord)
  25. Ikiyaka (Sat)
  26. Kadıköy (Qadyan)
  27. Kamışlı (Sînava)
  28. Karabey (Serdeşt)
  29. Karlı (Befircan)
  30. Kazan (Tawani)
  31. Keçili (Sorê)
  32. Kısıklı (Dêlezî)
  33. Kolbaşı (Şavite)
  34. Köprücük (Kerpêl)
  35. Köşkönü (Piştqesir)
  36. Onbaşılar (Hirmîn)
  37. Ortaç (Bawenîs)
  38. Örnekköy (Miçîç)
  39. Pınargözü (Xelkan)
  40. Pirinçeken (Kinyaniş)
  41. Salkımlı (Niziran)
  42. Sarıtaş (Dirbêsan)
  43. Serindere (Şîşemzîn)
  44. Suüstü (Şakitan)
  45. Sürekli (Bêsitkê)
  46. Tatlı (Bîyan)
  47. Tuğlu (Haciyan)
  48. Yazılı (Talane)
  49. Yeniışık (Kineriwî)
  50. Yeşiltaş (Şitazin)
  51. Yoncalık (Pîrzalan)
  52. Yürekli (Herînk)

Hamlets[edit]

The district has 104 hamlets.[2]

Population[edit]

Population history of the district from 2007 to 2023:[9]

Population
YearPop.±%
2007105,157—    
2010108,546+3.2%
2015112,826+3.9%
2020119,562+6.0%
2023121,969+2.0%

Climate[edit]

Yüksekova has a continental mediterranean climate (Köppen: Dsb). The winter months are cold and snowy, springs are cool and wet, autumns are mild and crisp, while the summer months are pleasantly warm and dry with cool nights. The average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and precipitation here averages 670 mm.[10]

Climate data for Yüksekova
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −6.4
(20.5) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		2.7
(36.9) 		10.3
(50.5) 		17.6
(63.7) 		22.8
(73.0) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.8
(80.2) 		23.2
(73.8) 		16.3
(61.3) 		7.7
(45.9) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		11.7
(53.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −9.0
(15.8) 		−7.3
(18.9) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		6.0
(42.8) 		12.1
(53.8) 		16.5
(61.7) 		20.3
(68.5) 		20.2
(68.4) 		16.4
(61.5) 		10.5
(50.9) 		3.3
(37.9) 		−5.5
(22.1) 		6.9
(44.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −11.5
(11.3) 		−10.6
(12.9) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		1.8
(35.2) 		6.6
(43.9) 		10.3
(50.5) 		13.6
(56.5) 		13.9
(57.0) 		9.6
(49.3) 		4.7
(40.5) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		−7.7
(18.1) 		2.1
(35.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 71
(2.8) 		90
(3.5) 		104
(4.1) 		106
(4.2) 		58
(2.3) 		18
(0.7) 		6
(0.2) 		5
(0.2) 		6
(0.2) 		50
(2.0) 		76
(3.0) 		80
(3.1) 		670
(26.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[11]

Gallery[edit]

  • The ruins of the ancient Assyrian church of St. Mārī in the village of İkiyaka
    The ruins of the ancient Assyrian church of St. Mārī in the village of İkiyaka
  • In spring
    In spring

Notable people[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "31 ARALIK 2021 TARİHLİ ADRESE DAYALI NÜFUS KAYIT SİSTEMİ (ADNKS) SONUÇLARI" (XLS). TÜİK (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Kaza Gavar / Gever / Tergavar / Mergavar / Dize". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ^ Sinclair, T. A. (1987). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey, Volume I. London: The Pindar Press. p. 255. ISBN 0-907132-52-9.
  6. ^ a b Soane, E. B. (1910). To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in disguise : with historical notices of the Kurdish tribes and Chaldeans of Kurdistan. Maynard and Company. p. 51.
  7. ^ Sinclair, T. A. (1987). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey, Volume I. London: The Pindar Press. p. 251. ISBN 0-907132-52-9.
  8. ^ "Yüksekova köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve Eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Climate Yüksekova: Temperature, Climograph, Climate table for Yüksekova - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  11. ^ "Climate:Yüksekova". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.

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