Akalın, Yüksekova

Akalın (Kurdish: Bajêrge, Syriac: Bāshirgā) is a neighborhood of Yüksekova in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] It is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 1,716 in 2023.[1][3]

Akalın
Akalın
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37.565°N 44.242°E / 37.565; 44.242
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictYüksekova
MunicipalityYüksekova
Population
 (2023)[1]
1,716
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Akalın was a village until 2023.[2]

History

It was populated by 22 Assyrian families in 1850 and 10 families in 1877.[4]

Population

Population history from 1997 to 2023:[5][1]

Population
YearPop.±%
1997599    
2007787+31.4%
2012927+17.8%
20171,137+22.7%
20221,610+41.6%
20231,716+6.6%

References

  1. "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "'Hakkari'ye 3'te 3 yetmez'". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). 5 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 302.
  5. "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
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