Çukurca District

District in Hakkâri Province, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Çukurca District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey.[2] The district had a population of 17,734 in 2023 with the town of Çukurca as its seat.[1][2] Its area is 725 km2.[3] And Çukurca has border with iraqi Kurdistan at the south point of there bordor The current district governor (kaymakam) is Hasan Kurt.[4]

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Çukurca District
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Map showing Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
SeatÇukurca
Government
  KaymakamHasan Kurt
Area
725 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
17,734
  Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Websitewww.cukurca.gov.tr
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The district has more unpopulated settlements than populated ones.[5]

The district was established in 1953.[6]

Settlements

There is one municipality in Çukurca District:[2]

The district has sixteen villages of which eight are unpopulated:[2][5]

  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.[2]

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2023:[1]

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Population
YearPop.±%
200712,352    
201215,294+23.8%
201716,661+8.9%
202214,333−14.0%
202317,734+23.7%
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