Yoncalık, Yüksekova
Yoncalık | |
|---|---|
  Yoncalık Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°31′05″N 44°17′42″E / 37.518°N 44.295°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| District | Yüksekova |
| Population (2023)[1] | 432 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Yoncalık (Syriac: Pirzālan, Kurdish: Pîrzalan) is a village in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Dirî and Pinyanişî tribes and had a population of 432 in 2023.[1][3]
The hamlet of Çakırca, Çevreli (Çardîwar, Qardiwār) and Kuruköy are attached to Yoncalık.[4]
History[edit]
Missionary Samuel Audley Rhea visited the village during his trips to Kurdistan which Dwight Whitney Marsh wrote about in the book "The Tennesseean in Persia and Koordistan" published in 1869.[5]
The village was populated by 28 Assyrian families in 1850 and 60 families in 1877.[6]
Population history[edit]
Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 924 | — |
| 2010 | 980 | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 462 | −52.9% |
| 2020 | 461 | −0.2% |
| 2023 | 432 | −6.3% |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 218.
- ^ "Yüksekova köylerinin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve Eski isimleri". Yüksekova Haber (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Marsh, Dwight Whitney (1869). The Tennesseean in Persia and Koordistan: Being Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Samuel Audley Rhea. Presbyterian Board of Publication. pp. 105, 163 and 167.
- ^ Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 302.