Enginalan, Iğdır Explained

Type:village
Province:Iğdır
District:Iğdır
Enginalan
Population Total:2,482
Population As Of:2022
Coordinates:39.9656°N 44.0322°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:861
Postal Code:76000
Area Code:0476

Enginalan, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Enginalan, Turkey Page . Fallingrain.com . 4 October 2015 . 17 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004233212/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/88/Enginalan.html.
  2. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Köy
  3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 13 March 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
  4. Book: Ethnic Groups in the Republic of Turkey . 1989 . Peter Alfred . Andrews . 295 . Benninghaus . Rüdiger.
  5. Web site: բլուր — Վիքիբառարան. 2021-09-07. hy.wiktionary.org. hy.
  6. Book: The Caucasian calendar .... for 1909. en.