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]
Yoncalık | |
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  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) |
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 "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.
- ^ 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.