Büyükçiftlik

Büyükçiftlik
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Hakkari
District ( ilçe ) :	Yüksekova
Coordinates :	37 ° 35 '  N , 44 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 35 '11 "  N , 44 ° 4' 31"  E
Height :	1950  m
Residents :	3,499 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90)
Postal code :	30 330
License plate :
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	3 malls
Mayor :	İsmail Rüştü Zeydan ( AKP )

Büyükçiftlik ( Turkish for large farm ), (Kurd. Xirvata ) is a municipality in the Yüksekova district of the Turkish province of Hakkâri . Büyükçiftlik is located in southeastern Anatolia at 1,950 m above sea level, approx. 23 km west of Yüksekova.

Büyükçiftlik is a traditional area of ​​influence and settlement of the Pinyanişi tribe , who are mostly considered loyal to the state. In the vicinity of the village there are the ruins of a large city on the Orişe stream. These ruins are considered to be the possible remains of the capital of Musasir . The original name Büyükçiftliks was Hirvata. The name was changed between 1933 and 1975.

In 1990 there were 3,211 people in Büyükçiftlik, and in 2000 the village had 4,034 inhabitants.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Central Dissemination System Database of the TÜIK (Eng.)
2. ↑ 2000 Genel Nüfus Sayımı , 2000 population census (Turkish)