Çukurca District

Çukurca District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The district had a population of 17,734 in 2023 with the town of Çukurca as its seat. Its area is 725 km2. The current district governor (kaymakam) is Hasan Kurt.

The district has more unpopulated settlements than populated ones.

The district was established in 1953.

Settlements
There is one municipality in Çukurca District:
 * Çukurca (Çel)

The district has sixteen villages of which eight are unpopulated:


 * 1) Akkaya (Serispî)
 * 2) Cevizli (Gûzereş)
 * 3) Çağlayan (Erbûş)
 * 4) Çayırlı (Erij)
 * 5) Çığlı (Aşut)
 * 6) Çınarlı (Şîwarezan)
 * 7) Dede (Bêtrut)
 * 8) Gündeş (Gêman)
 * 9) Işıklı (Ziyaniş)
 * 10) Kavaklı (Şivîşk)
 * 11) Kavuşak (Bilêcan)
 * 12) Kayalık (Zavitê)
 * 13) Kazan (Tîyar)
 * 14) Kurudere (Marufan)
 * 15) Narlı (Biyadir)
 * 16) Üzümlü (Deştan)

There are moreover thirty-four hamlets in the district.

Population
Population history from 2007 to 2023: