Kayalar, Şemdinli

Kayalar
Village
Kayalar is located in Turkey
Kayalar
Kayalar
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°19′55″N 44°41′02″E / 37.332°N 44.684°E / 37.332; 44.684
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictŞemdinli
Population
 (2023)[1]
1,949
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Kayalar (Kurdish: Katûne)[2] is a village in the Şemdinli District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[3] The village is populated by Kurds of the Zerzan tribe and had a population of 1,949 in 2023.[1][4]

Kayalar has seven hamlets attached to it: Erikli (Ballê), Husrova (Xisrova), Mağaraönü (Şkeftan), Sarıca (Zerîk), Seçkin (Zêvkan), Kule and Yukarıkayalar (Katûna jori).[2][3]

Population

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

Population
YearPop.±%
19971,327—    
20071,677+26.4%
20101,846+10.1%
20152,047+10.9%
20202,011−1.8%
20231,949−3.1%

References

  1. ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Şemdinli köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve Eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 217.
  5. ^ "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.