Çukurca, Yüksekova

Coordinates: 37°30′18″N 44°24′11″E / 37.505°N 44.403°E / 37.505; 44.403
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Çukurca
Çukurca is located in Turkey
Çukurca
Çukurca
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°30′18″N 44°24′11″E / 37.505°N 44.403°E / 37.505; 44.403
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictYüksekova
Population
 (2023)[1]
554
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Çukurca (Syriac: Pāge, Kurdish: Pagê) is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] The village had a population of 554 in 2023.[1] 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—    
2016563−4.7%
2017579+2.8%
2018592+2.2%
2019600+1.4%
2020607+1.2%
2021586−3.5%
2022555−5.3%
2023554−0.2%

References

  1. ^ a b c "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 302.