Aksu, Yüksekova
Aksu (Syriac: Gāgōran, Kurdish: Gagewran) is a neighborhood to Yüksekova in Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 576 in 2023.
The village is located near Hakkari–Yüksekova Airport.
Aksu was a village until 2023.
History
The village was populated by 15 Assyrian families in 1850 and 20 families in 1877.
Population
Population history from 2007 to 2023:
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 475 | — |
| 2012 | 519 | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 553 | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 539 | −2.5% |
| 2023 | 576 | +6.9% |
References
- ^ "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Polis Durna'yı darp etti" (in Turkish). 28 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 302.