Hakkâri Province

Hakkâri Province () is a province in the sootheast corner o Turkey. The admeenistrative centre is locatit in the ceety o Hakkâri (). The province covers an aurie o 7,121 km² an haes a population o 251,302 (2010 est). The province haed a population o 236,581 in 2000.

The province wis creatit in 1936 oot o pairt o the Van Province. Its adjacent provinces are the Şırnak tae the wast an the Van tae the north.

 Destricts 
Hakkâri province is dividit intae 4 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):
Çukurca
Hakkâri
Şemdinli
Yüksekova

History

The aurie haes been ruled bi Akkadians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylon, Persians, Greeks, Armenians, Parthians, Roum, Byzantium, the Sassanids, Arabs, Kurds, an Mongols in its lang history.

References

Category:Provinces o Turkey
Category:States an territories established in 1936