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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