Enginalan, Iğdır
Enginalan | |
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  Enginalan Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′56″N 44°1′56″E / 39.96556°N 44.03222°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Iğdır |
| District | Iğdır |
| Elevation | 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
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]
Notable People
- Grigor Yeghiazaryan, was a Soviet Armenian composer.
References
- ^ "Enginalan, Turkey Page". Fallingrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Peter Alfred, Andrews; Benninghaus, Rüdiger, eds. (1989). Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey. p. 295.
- ^ "բլուր — Վիքիբառարան". hy.wiktionary.org (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ The Caucasian calendar .... for 1909.
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