Çukurca District


Çukurca District is a district in the Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The district had a population of 17,734 in 2023 with the town of Çukurca as its seat. Its area is 725 km2. Çukurca shares a border with Iraqi Kurdistan to the south. The current district governor '' is Hasan Kurt.
The district has more unpopulated settlements than populated ones.
The district was established in 1953.

Settlements

There is one municipality in Çukurca District:
The district has sixteen villages of which eight are unpopulated:
  1. Akkaya
  2. Cevizli
  3. Çağlayan
  4. Çayırlı
  5. Çığlı
  6. Çınarlı
  7. Dede
  8. Gündeş
  9. Işıklı
  10. Kavaklı
  11. Kavuşak
  12. Kayalık
  13. Kazan
  14. Kurudere
  15. Narlı
  16. Üzümlü
There are moreover thirty-four hamlets in the district.

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2023: