Çukurca (Kurdish: Çāl "ditch, pit, hole, well",[3][4] Syriac: ܛܝܵܪܹܐ, romanized: Ṭyārē, Lishanid Noshan: גיאלא)[5] is a district of the Hakkâri Province of Turkey, close to Iraq. The mayor is Ensar Dündar (Justice and Development Party).[6] As of 2010,[update] the population was 5283.
Çukurca | |
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![]() ![]() Çukurca | |
Coordinates: 37°15′02″N 43°37′00″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | Hakkâri |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ensar Dündar (AKP) |
• Kaymakam | Levent Öztin |
Area | |
• District | 908.79 km2 (350.89 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 8,247 |
• District | 15,294 |
• District density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
Post code | 30700 |
Website | www.cukurca.bel.tr |
The historical Assyrian tribe of Tyari was located in this district until the Sayfo (Assyrian Genocide).
Northeastern Jewish Aramaic-speaking Jews lived here historically; most fled during the Sayfo, and the last remaining members of the community emigrated to Israel in 1951.[7]
The 2011 Hakkâri attack took place here between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and Turkish soldiers.
Settlement | Ethnicity (tribe) |
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Çukurca (Çel) | Kurdish (Ertoşî and Pinyanişî)[8] |
Akkaya (Serispî) | Kurdish[9] |
Cevizli (Gûzereş) | Kurdish (Pinyanişî)[10] |
Çığlı (Aşut) | Kurdish (Kaşuran)[8] |
Gündeş (Gêman) | Kurdish (Kaşuran)[10] |
Kavuşak (Bilêcan) | Kurdish (Ertoşî and Pinyanişî)[8] |
Kayalık (Zavîte) | Kurdish (Pinyanişî)[10] |
Kazan (Tîyar) | |
Narlı (Bıyadır) | Kurdish (Pinyanişî)[10] |
Üzümlü (Deştan) | Kurdish (Pinyanişî)[8] |
Çukurca has a hot-summer subtype (Köppen: Dsa) of the humid continental climate.
Climate data for Çukurca | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.9 (42.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 111 (4.4) |
146 (5.7) |
142 (5.6) |
131 (5.2) |
59 (2.3) |
2 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
3 (0.1) |
41 (1.6) |
98 (3.9) |
108 (4.3) |
843 (33.2) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[11] |
[T]he village is so named because it is located in a geophysical depression
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