Akçalı
Akçalı is located in Turkey
Akçalı
Akçalı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°42′32″N 43°59′24″E / 37.709°N 43.990°E / 37.709; 43.990
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictHakkâri
Population
 (2022)[1]
765
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

Akçalı (Syriac: Geznā, Kurdish: Gezne) is a village in the central district of Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 765 in 2022.[1][3]

The four hamlets of Eğercik (Palanis), Kanatlı (Reşankê) and Yeniyol (Brîman) are attached to Akçalı.[4]

History

George Percy Badger noted during his visit to the region in 1850 that the village had a population of 90 Assyrian families, while Edward Lewes Cutts deemed the village to be populated by Kurds in 1877.[5]

Population

Population history from 1997 to 2022:[6][1]

Population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1997689    
2007914+2.87%
2012928+0.30%
2017798−2.97%
2022765−0.84%

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Rûbar (nehir) beşa 90 (in Kurdish). TRT Kurdî. 23 February 2021. 56:49 minutes in.
  4. "Hakkari'ye bağlı köylerin Kürtçe, Türkçe ve eski isimleri" (in Turkish). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  5. Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers. p. 303.
  6. "1997 Population Count" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. 1999. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2022.
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