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Enginalan, Iğdır

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Enginalan
Village
Enginalan is located in Turkey
Enginalan
Enginalan
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°57′56″N 44°1′56″E / 39.96556°N 44.03222°E / 39.96556; 44.03222
CountryTurkey
ProvinceIğdır
DistrictIğdır
Elevation
[1]
861 m (2,825 ft)
Population
 (2022)
2,482
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
76000
Area code0476

Enginalan (Kurdish: Pilûr, Armenian: Բլուր, romanized: Blur), is a village in the Iğdır District of Iğdır Province, Turkey.[2] Its population is 2,482 (2022).[3] The village is populated by Azerbaijanis and Kurds.[4]

History

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From the records of 1901 and 1928 we know the village was once called Blur in Armenian, which means mound.[5]

Enginalan was an Armenian inhabited settlement prior to the Armenian-Turkish war in 1920, with a population of 2,244 in 1908.[6][page needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Enginalan, Turkey Page". Fallingrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 295.
  5. ^ "բլուր — Վիքիբառարան". hy.wiktionary.org (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  6. ^ The Caucasian calendar .... for 1909.


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