Aksu
Aksu is located in Turkey
Aksu
Aksu
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°32′56″N 44°13′16″E / 37.549°N 44.221°E / 37.549; 44.221
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictYüksekova
Population
 (2022)[1]
539
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Aksu (Syriac: Gāgōran, Kurdish: Gagewran) is a village in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 539 in 2022.[1][3]

The village is located near Hakkari–Yüksekova Airport.

History

The village was populated by 15 Assyrian families in 1850 and 20 families in 1877.[4]

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2022:[1]

Population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2007475    
2012519+1.79%
2017553+1.28%
2022539−0.51%

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. "Polis Durna'yı darp etti" (in Turkish). 28 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 302.
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