Английская Википедия:Gürpınar, Van
Шаблон:Infobox Turkey place Gürpınar (Шаблон:Lang-ku,[1] Шаблон:Lang-hy) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[2] With an area of Шаблон:Convert, Gürpınar is the second-largest district of Turkey, after Karaman District.[3] Its population is 31,865 (2022).[4]
The town Gürpınar is located Шаблон:Convert south of the provincial capital Van. The district has several places of historical interest. The current mayor is Hayrullah Tanış from the Justice and Development Party (AKP).[5] The current kaymakam Fatih Sayar was appointed in August 2019.[6]
Name
The area's old Armenian name is Hayots Dzor (Шаблон:Lang-hy, meaning "Valley of the Armenians"). Its Kurdish name is Payizava; however, the Armenian-derived Xawesor is also used. The titular village of Gürpınar itself was also known to Armenians as Kghzi (Шаблон:Lang-hy, meaning "island", due to it being surrounded by the Shamiram Canal).[7]
History
Шаблон:See also In Armenian mythology, Hayots Dzor is the valley where the Armenian progenitor Hayk defeated the army of the invading Babylonian king Bel and constructed a fortress (Haykaberd) nearby.
In the Middle Ages, the area was a part of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan, ruled by the Artsruni dynasty of Armenian kings.
The village of Kghzi had 241 Armenian and 11 Kurdish inhabitants in 1909 (the wider region of Hayots Dzor was home to about 10,000 Armenians before the Armenian genocide).[7] The Armenian population was massacred or displaced during the Armenian genocide; some of the inhabitants managed to flee and settle in Eastern Armenia.[7]
Historical places
- Hoşap Castle
- Çavuştepe, Urartian castle
- Surp Marinos Monastery
- Menua Canal
Composition
There are 79 neighbourhoods in Gürpınar District:[8] Шаблон:Div col
- Akbulut
- Akdoğu
- Akpınar
- Alnıak
- Arındı
- Aşağı Kaymaz
- Bağrıyanık
- Beşbudak
- Bölmeçalı
- Bozyiğit
- Bükeç
- Çakınlı
- Çatakdibi
- Çavuştepe
- Çepkenli
- Cevizalan
- Çörekli
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağseven
- Değirmendüzü
- Dikbıyık
- Dolaylı
- Doluçıkın
- Elaçmaz
- Erkaldı
- Geçerli
- Geziyurt
- Giyimli
- Gölardı
- Güleçler
- Günbaşı
- Hacıköy
- Hoşab
- Işıkpınar
- Kalkanlı
- Kapçık
- Karakoç
- Kılıçtutan
- Kırkgeçit
- Koçgüden
- Koyunyatağı
- Kuşdağı
- Mollahüseyin
- Murataldı
- Oğuldamı
- Ongun
- Örmeli
- Ortaköy
- Otbiçer
- Öveçli
- Özlüce
- Parmakkapı
- Sakalar
- Sapakonak
- Savacık
- Sevindik
- Sıcaksu
- Sütlüce
- Taşdöndüren
- Taşlıyazı
- Tepegören
- Topçudeğirmeni
- Topsakal
- Topyıldız
- Tutak
- Tutmaç
- Üçdoğan
- Üçgen
- Umut
- Uzungedik
- Yalınca
- Yaramış
- Yatağan
- Yedisalkım
- Yolaşan
- Yoldüştü
- Yukarı Kaymaz
- Yurtbaşı
- Zernek
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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