Çukurca
| Çukurca | |
|---|---|
  Çukurca | |
| Coordinates: 37°15′02″N 43°37′00″E / 37.25056°N 43.61667°ECoordinates: 37°15′02″N 43°37′00″E / 37.25056°N 43.61667°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey |
| Province | Hakkâri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Servet Tunç (BDP) |
| • Kaymakam | Levent Öztin |
| Area[1] | |
| • 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 |
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Çukurca, (Kurdish: Çelê), is a district of Hakkari Province of Turkey close to Iraq. The mayor is Servet Tunç (BDP). The population is 5283 as of 2010. The historical Assyrian tribe of Tyari was located in this district.
Assyrian genocide
Until 1915 the village had a majority population of Assyrian Jews and north of the village was the Assyrian Tyari tribe, both Christian and Jewish populations were massacred by the Turkish Ottoman government or fled to northern Iraq. The last Jews left in 1950, a few years after Israel was established. Since then there are no Aramaic-speaking inhabitants in the village, however it seems that there are some Islamized and Kurdified Jews in the village.
Climate
Çukurca has a hot-summer subtype (Köppen: Dsa) of the humid continental climate.
| Climate data for Çukurca | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
19.26 (66.67) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.0 (32) |
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) |
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) |
15.8 (60.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
7.98 (46.35) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 111 (4.37) |
146 (5.75) |
142 (5.59) |
131 (5.16) |
59 (2.32) |
2 (0.08) |
1 (0.04) |
1 (0.04) |
3 (0.12) |
41 (1.61) |
98 (3.86) |
108 (4.25) |
843 (33.19) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ↑ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ↑ "Climate:Çukurca". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
