| Yüksekova District | |
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 Yüksekova during spring | |
 Map showing Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province | |
  Yüksekova DistrictLocation in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°34′N 44°17′E / 37.567°N 44.283°E / 37.567; 44.283 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| Seat | Yüksekova |
| Government | |
| • Kaymakam | Ömer Çimşit |
| Area | 2,547 km (983 sq mi) |
| Population | 121,969 |
| • Density | 48/km (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Website | www |
Yüksekova District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city Yüksekova. Its area is 2,547 km and had a population of 121,969 people in 2023. It borders Iran to the east, and Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the south.
History
The district was historically an important trade route location due to its proximity to Iran.
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. The local Assyrian population were descendants of people who found refuge among Kurds from the Golden Horde in the early fifteenth century.
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'. After the genocide, Assyrian villages were subsequently populated by Kurds.
In 1936, the name of the district was Turkified to Yüksekova, 'plateau'.
Settlements
Beldes
The district encompasses three municipalities:
- Yüksekova (Gever)
- Büyükçiftlik (Xirwate)
- Esendere (Bajêrga mezin)
Villages
The district has fifty-two villages of which three are unpopulated:
- Adaklı (Alekanan)
- Akçalı (Kertinis)
- Akocak (Heleyîs)
- Akpınar (Soryan)
- Armutdüzü (Metolanis)
- Aşağıuluyol (Tiloran)
- Bağdaş (Peranîs)
- Bataklık (Silîwana)
- Beşatlı (Xilxês)
- Bostancık (Gulord)
- Bulaklı (Memkan)
- Çatma (Sûsyan)
- Çukurca (Pagê)
- Dağlıca (Oremar)
- Değerli (Memkava)
- Demirkonak (Kaport)
- Dibekli (Awerd)
- Dilekli (Şuke)
- Dilektaşı (Manîs)
- Doğanlı (Ertuş)
- Gökyurt (Tekurawa)
- Güldalı (Bilinbasan)
- Gürdere (Ciwyan)
- Gürkavak (Şaglord)
- Ikiyaka (Sat)
- Kadıköy (Qadyan)
- Kamışlı (Sînava)
- Karabey (Serdeşt)
- Karlı (Befircan)
- Kazan (Tawani)
- Keçili (Sorê)
- Kısıklı (Dêlezî)
- Kolbaşı (Şavite)
- Köprücük (Kerpêl)
- Köşkönü (Piştqesr)
- Onbaşılar (Hirmîn)
- Ortaç (Bawenîs)
- Örnekköy (Miçîç)
- Pınargözü (Xelkan)
- Pirinçeken (Kinyaniş)
- Salkımlı (Niziran)
- Sarıtaş (Dirbêsan)
- Serindere (Şîşemzîn)
- Suüstü (Şakitan)
- Sürekli (Bêsitkê)
- Tatlı (Bîyan)
- Tuğlu (Haciyan)
- Yazılı (Talane)
- Yeniışık (Kineriwî)
- Yeşiltaş (Şitazin)
- Yoncalık (Pîrzalan)
- Yürekli (Herînk)
Hamlets
The district has 104 hamlets.
Population
Population history of the district from 2007 to 2023:
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 105,157 | — |
| 2010 | 108,546 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 112,826 | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 119,562 | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 121,969 | +2.0% |
Climate
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 7.7 °C and precipitation here averages 757 mm.
| Climate data for Yüksekova (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.7 (85.5) |
25.4 (77.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
7.7 (45.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
1.9 (35.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105.0 (4.13) |
110.0 (4.33) |
120.4 (4.74) |
119.1 (4.69) |
58.3 (2.30) |
12.5 (0.49) |
7.5 (0.30) |
4.5 (0.18) |
7.1 (0.28) |
42.6 (1.68) |
74.7 (2.94) |
95.6 (3.76) |
757.3 (29.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 83.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71.1 | 70.0 | 66.1 | 58.1 | 52.2 | 43.4 | 38.5 | 36.3 | 40.2 | 53.0 | 61.8 | 69.9 | 55.1 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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The ruins of the ancient Assyrian church of St. Mārī in the village of İkiyaka
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In spring
Notable people
- Hacı Karay (1950–1994)
- Savaş Buldan (1961–1994)
- Abdullah Zeydan (1972–)
See also
References
- ^ "Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Kaza Gavar / Gever / Tergavar / Mergavar / Dize". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- Sinclair, T. A. (1987). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey, Volume I. London: The Pindar Press. p. 255. ISBN 0-907132-52-9.
- ^ 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.
- Sinclair, T. A. (1987). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural and Archaeological Survey, Volume I. London: The Pindar Press. p. 251. ISBN 0-907132-52-9.
- "Yüksekova köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve Eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Yüksekova". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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