Pınargözü

Pınargözü
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Hakkari
District ( ilçe ) :	Yüksekova
Coordinates :	37 ° 27 '  N , 44 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 26 '33 "  N , 44 ° 8' 49"  E
Height :	1970  m
Residents :	227 (2009)
Telephone code :	(+90)
Postal code :	30300
License plate :	30th
Structure and administration (as of 2010)
Muhtar :	Hasan Ergül

Pınargözü (kurd. Xelkan ) is a village in the Yüksekova district of the Turkish province of Hakkâri . Pınargözü is located in the mountains of Southeast Anatolia at 1,970 m above sea level, approx. 42 km southwest of Yüksekova and close to the Iraqi border.

The original name of the village is Gelkan or Halkan. The name Ğelkan [sic] is registered with the land registry, Halkan was listed as an alternative name in the 1975 and 1980 censuses.

In 1985, 631 people lived in Pınargözü. In 2009 the village had 227 inhabitants.

The hamlets (tr. Mezra ) İnceyol (kurd. Ayir), Kışlacık (kurd. Baştazin) and Yeşilce (kurd. Mergan) belong to Pınargözü.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.e-tkbm.gov.tr ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr
3. ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )