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Hasköy, Muş

Coordinates: 38°40′56″N 41°41′22″E / 38.68222°N 41.68944°E / 38.68222; 41.68944
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Hasköy
Խասգեղ
Khaskyugh
Hasköy is located in Turkey
Hasköy
Hasköy
Coordinates: 38°40′56″N 41°41′22″E / 38.68222°N 41.68944°E / 38.68222; 41.68944
Country Turkey
ProvinceMuş
Government
 • MayorMürsel Özen (AKP)
 • KaymakamNilüfer Canat Sürekli
Area
[1]
 • District379.02 km2 (146.34 sq mi)
Elevation
1,850 m (6,070 ft)
Population
 (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
 • Urban
Template:Turkey district populations
 • District
Template:Turkey district populations
Post code
497xx
Websitewww.haskoy.bel.tr

Hasköy (Armenian: Խասգեղ, Kurdish: Dêrxas[2]) is a town and district of Muş Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of present-day Turkey. The mayor is Mürsel Özen (AKP).

History

Founded in IIIth century A.D. as Armenian village of Khasgegh Arm: Խասգեղ in Tarawn district of Turuberan province of Arshacid Armenia.

Before the Armenian genocide Khasgegh was an Armenian populated village of Bitlis Province of Ottoman Empire.[3] At the turn of the 20th century photographic records indicate that the town was a cluster of mud brick dome shaped huts.[4] The population in At this time the population was recorded as 2358, mainly Armenians. By the eve of the Armenian Genocide at the beginning of World War 1 the population was 450, The town had three churches the Saint Yerortoutiun, Sdepanos and Talileos church's.

References

  1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ [1] Map by Robert H. Hewsen, Armenian SSR Atlas, Yerevan – Moscow, 1961
  4. ^ Khaskyugh, Moush district (Source: [H. F. B. Lynch| H.F.B.] Lynch, Armenia. Travels and Studies, Vol. II, London, 1901)


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