Esendere, Yüksekova

Municipality in Hakkâri, Turkey
37°42′54″N 44°36′07″E / 37.715°N 44.602°E / 37.715; 44.602CountryTurkeyProvinceHakkâriDistrictYüksekovaPopulation
 (2023)[1]
4,497Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Esendere (Kurdish: Bajêrga mezin)[2] is a belde in Yüksekova District in Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[3] The belde is populated by Kurds of the Dirî and Geravî tribes and had a population of 4,497 in 2023.[4][1]

The State road D.400 runs through Esendere before it ends at the border with Iran.[5]

It comprises the neighborhoods of Güvenli, Merkez, Sarıyıldız and Yılmaz.[3]

Population

Population history from 1997 to 2023:[6][1]

Population
YearPop.±%
19973,153—    
20073,343+6.0%
20123,337−0.2%
20173,222−3.4%
20222,786−13.5%
20234,497+61.4%

References

  1. ^ a b c "Population Of Municipalities, Villages And Quarters". TÜİK. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. ^ Sediyani, İbrahim (2009). Adını arayan coğrafya (in Turkish). Özedönüş Yayınları. p. 211.
  3. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 219.
  5. ^ Flemming, Barbara (2017). Essays on Turkish Literature and History. Brill Publishers. p. 462.
  6. ^ "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
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