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Hakkâri Province

Yüksekova District

Yüksekova District is a district in the of . Its seat is the city . Its area is 2,547 km2 and had a population of 121,969 people in 2023. It borders to the east, and of to the south.
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  • Type: Town with 113,000 residents
  • Description: district of Hakkari, southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Yueksekova” and “Yüksekova district”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akalın and Güçlü.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of in the Yüksekova District of in . It is populated by Kurds of the Pinyanişî tribe and had a population of 1,716 in 2023. was a village until 2023. is situated 3½ km west of Yüksekova District.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in in Yüksekova District of in . It is populated by Kurds of the Dirî tribe and had a population of 807 in 2023. was a village until 2023. is situated 3½ km east of Yüksekova District.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in in Yüksekova District of in . It is populated by Kurds of the Dirî tribe and had a population of 1,098 in 2023. The hamlet of Bulgurlu is attached to the village. was a village until 2023.

Yüksekova District

Latitude
37.5718° or 37° 34′ 18″ north
Longitude
44.2822° or 44° 16′ 56″ east
Population
113,000
Elevation
1,856 metres (6,089 feet)
Open location code
8H96H7CJ+PV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 137977575
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
7733232
Wiki­data ID
Q2176882
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Yüksekova District” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jyksekova”
  • Arabic: “يُكْسِيكُوَة”
  • Arabic: “يوكسكوفا”
  • Arabic: “یكسيكوة”
  • Armenian: “Գավառ”
  • Armenian: “Գևեր”
  • Asturian: “Yüksekova (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Yüksekova”
  • Belarusian: “Юксэкова”
  • Catalan: “Yüksekova”
  • Cebuano: “Yüksekova (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Yüksekova”
  • Central Kurdish: “گەڤەر”
  • Chechen: “Йуьксекова”
  • Chinese: “Yüksekova”
  • Chinese: “于克塞科瓦”
  • Chinese: “於克塞科瓦”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Gever”
  • Dutch: “Yüksekova”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يوكسكوفا”
  • French: “Yuksekova”
  • French: “Yüksekova”
  • Gagauz: “Yüksekova”
  • German: “Yüksekova”
  • Gilaki: “یۊکسکؤوا”
  • Greek: “Γιουκσέκοβα”
  • Hungarian: “Yüksekova”
  • Ido: “Distrikto Yüksekova”
  • Indonesian: “Yüksekova”
  • Irish: “Yüksekova”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Yüksekova”
  • Italian: “Yüksekova”
  • Kurdish: “Gever”
  • Kurdish: “Gewer”
  • Kurdish: “گەوەر”
  • Lithuanian: “Juksekova”
  • Malay: “Yüksekova”
  • Mazanderani: “یوکسکووا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yüksekova”
  • Minangkabau: “Yüksekova”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yüksekova”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yüksekova”
  • Norwegian: “Yüksekova”
  • Persian: “یوکسک‌اوا”
  • Persian: “یوک‌سکوا”
  • Polish: “Yuksekova”
  • Polish: “Yüksekova”
  • Russian: “Юксекова”
  • Serbian: “Јуксекова”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یوکسک اووا”
  • Swahili: “Yüksekova”
  • Tatar: “Юксекова”
  • Turkish: “Gevar”
  • Turkish: “Yüksekova ilçesi”
  • Turkish: “Yüksekova”
  • Urdu: “یکسکووہ”
  • Urdu: “یوکسیکووا”
  • Vietnamese: “Yüksekova”
  • Western Mari: “Йӱксекова”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع یکسیکووا”
  • “Yüksekova ilçesi”

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