Hasköy, Muş

Hasköy (Armenian: Խասգեղ, romanized: Khaskyugh; Kurdish: Dêrxas[3]) is a town and district in Muş Province of the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The mayor is Mürsel Özen (AKP).

Hasköy
Hasköy is located in Turkey
Hasköy
Hasköy
Coordinates: 38°40′56″N 41°41′22″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceMuş
Government
 • MayorMürsel Özen (AKP)
 • KaymakamNilüfer Canat Sürekli
Area
[1]
 • District379.02 km2 (146.34 sq mi)
Elevation
1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
12,822
 • District
27,613
 • District density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Post code
497xx
Websitewww.haskoy.bel.tr

Demographics

The main town and two of the nearby villages are populated by Arabs from the Bidri tribe, while Kurds reside in the other 16 villages. The Bidri tribe knows Arabic and Kurdish.[4][5] Thousands of Armenians lived in the area before the Armenian genocide in 1915.[6]

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
  4. Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 378.
  5. Kaya, Şerafettin (1998). "Ilk durak Muş". Hevgirtin Welatparêz (in Turkish) (98): 39.
  6. "Village Hasköy / Dêrxas in the Plain of Mush". Virtual Genocide Memorial. Retrieved 21 November 2022.


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