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Yüksekova
Yüksekova in 2011, near the Ihsaniye Mosque and city center
Yüksekova in 2011, near the Ihsaniye Mosque and city center
Yüksekova is located in Turkey
Yüksekova
Yüksekova
Location in Turkey
Country Turkey
Province Hakkâri
District Yüksekova
Population
 (2023)
84,800
Time zone TRT (UTC+3)

Yüksekova (Kurdish: Gever; Syriac: ܓܵܘܵܪ, romanized: Gāwār) is a municipality (belde) in the Yüksekova District of Hakkâri Province in Turkey and is the largest city in the province. The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal backgrounds including non-tribal. The city also has a large ethnic Turkish population for the region and historically had a large Assyrian Christian population although, the Assyrian share of the population used to be much larger than it is today due to the Ottoman Empire's genocide of Assyrian Christians. Yüksekova had a population of 84,800 in 2023.

Remziye Yaşar (Peoples' Democratic Party) was elected mayor in 2019. She was arrested in October 2019 over terrorism-related charges and replaced by a trustee appointed by the central government.

Name

Yüksekova was historically known as Dize meaning fortress in Kurdish.

The word Yüksekova means 'plateau' and is a Turkification of the original name Gever which in Kurdish means 'raised meadow'. In Armenian, however, the word refers to an administrative unit such as district of province, while the word refers to Zoroastrians in Persian. For Muslims, Gavar means infidel and refers to all non-Muslims.

Neighborhoods

The city is divided into the neighborhoods of Akalın, Aksu, Altınoluk, Beşbulak, Bölük, Cumhuriyet, Dedeler, Dize, Esen Yurt, Esentepe, Eskikışla, Güçlü, Güllüce, Güngor, Güvenli, İnanlı, İpek, Kerem Zeydan, Merkez, Mezarlık, Sarıyıldız, Vezirli, Yeni, Yeşildere, Yeşilova and Yılmaz.

Demographics

Population history from 1997 to 2023:

Population
Year Pop. ±%
1997 54,739 —    
2007 59,410 +8.5%
2012 68,230 +14.8%
2017 69,346 +1.6%
2022 72,745 +4.9%
2023 84,800 +16.6%

Climate

Yüksekova has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb), with very warm, dry summers, and very cold, snowy winters.

Climate data for Yüksekova (1991–2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −2.3
(27.9)
−0.6
(30.9)
4.7
(40.5)
11.5
(52.7)
18.0
(64.4)
24.5
(76.1)
29.1
(84.4)
29.7
(85.5)
25.4
(77.7)
18.2
(64.8)
9.4
(48.9)
0.9
(33.6)
14.1
(57.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −8.4
(16.9)
−6.6
(20.1)
−0.3
(31.5)
6.6
(43.9)
12.2
(54.0)
17.5
(63.5)
21.7
(71.1)
21.7
(71.1)
17.3
(63.1)
10.8
(51.4)
3.2
(37.8)
−4.8
(23.4)
7.7
(45.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −13.6
(7.5)
−12.0
(10.4)
−4.9
(23.2)
1.9
(35.4)
6.3
(43.3)
9.6
(49.3)
13.4
(56.1)
12.9
(55.2)
8.8
(47.8)
4.1
(39.4)
−1.9
(28.6)
−9.3
(15.3)
1.3
(34.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 105.0
(4.13)
110.0
(4.33)
120.4
(4.74)
119.1
(4.69)
58.3
(2.30)
12.5
(0.49)
7.5
(0.30)
4.5
(0.18)
7.1
(0.28)
42.6
(1.68)
74.7
(2.94)
95.6
(3.76)
757.3
(29.81)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 9.9 10.2 10.6 12.1 8.9 2.9 2.2 1.6 2.2 5.9 7.8 9.2 83.5
Average relative humidity (%) 71.1 70.0 66.1 58.1 52.2 43.4 38.5 36.3 40.2 53.0 61.8 69.9 55.1
Source: NOAA
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