Akalın, Yüksekova

Not to be confused with Esendere, Yüksekova which is known as Bajêrgan.
Akalın
Neighbourhood
Akalın is located in Turkey
Akalın
Akalın
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°33′54″N 44°14′31″E / 37.565°N 44.242°E / 37.565; 44.242
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictYüksekova
MunicipalityYüksekova
Population
 (2023)[1]
1,716
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

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 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. ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "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.