Enginalan, Iğdır

Village in Iğdır, Turkey

Enginalan

Village

Enginalan

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 39°57′56″N 44°1′56″E﻿ / ﻿39.96556°N 44.03222°E﻿ / 39.96556; 44.03222
Country| Turkey
Province| Iğdır
District| Iğdır
Elevation

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| 861 m (2,825 ft)
Population

(2022)

| 2,482
Time zone| UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code|

76000

Area code| 0476

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]

## Notable People

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* Grigor Yeghiazaryan, was a Soviet Armenian composer.

Mt. Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) from Enginalan

## 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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Iğdır District

Municipalities|

* Halfeli
* Hoşhaber
* Iğdır
* Melekli

Villages|

* Ağaver
* Akyumak
* Alibeyköy
* Asma
* Aşağıçarıkçı
* Aşağıerhacı
* Bayraktutan
* Bendemurat
* Çakırtaş
* Çalpala
* Çilli
* Elmagöl
* Enginalan
* Evci
* Gülpınar
* Güngörmez
* Hakmehmet
* Harmandöven
* Kadıkışlak
* Karagüney
* Karakuyu
* Kasımcan
* Kavaktepe
* Kazancı
* Kuzugüden
* Küllük
* Mezraa
* Necefali
* Nişankaya
* Obaköy
* Örüşmüş
* Panik
* Pınarbaşı
* Sarıçoban
* Suveren
* Tacirli
* Taşlıca
* Yaycı
* Yukarıçarıkçı
* Yüzbaşılar
* Zor

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