Aşağı Derecik, Hakkâri

Coordinates: 37°36′22″N 43°52′26″E / 37.606°N 43.874°E / 37.606; 43.874
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Aşağı Derecik
Aşağı Derecik is located in Turkey
Aşağı Derecik
Aşağı Derecik
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°36′22″N 43°52′26″E / 37.606°N 43.874°E / 37.606; 43.874
CountryTurkey
ProvinceHakkâri
DistrictHakkâri
Population
 (2023)[1]
638
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Aşağı Derecik (Kurdish: Çemî Şemaşê, Syriac: Beṯ Shammāshā) is a village in the central district of Hakkâri Province in Turkey.[2] The village is populated by Kurds of the Pirosî tribe and had a population of 638 in 2023.[1][3]

The hamlets of Dez (Dêzê), Dikmen (Mate), Haput 1/Haput 2 (Çemê Seravinis), Seranüs (Seravînis), Sulak (Sûsê), Trafik (Dêra Dînan), Yukarı Derecik and Yüce (Aqos) are attached to Aşağı Derecik.[2][4]

History[edit]

The village was populated by 32 Assyrian families in 1850, while 40 families were recorded in 1877.[5]

Population[edit]

Population history from 2015 to 2023:[1]

Population
YearPop.±%
2015733—    
2016713−2.7%
2017721+1.1%
2018708−1.8%
2019735+3.8%
2020735+0.0%
2021707−3.8%
2022695−1.7%
2023638−8.2%

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Address Based Population Registration System Results". Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (in Turkish). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Hakkari'de Referandum Çalışması" (in Turkish). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  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. 294.