Enginalan, Iğdır

Enginalan (Kurdish: Pilûr, Armenian: Բլուր, romanized: Blur ), is a köy (village) in the Iğdır central district of Iğdır Province, Turkey.

Enginalan
Village
Igdir Province in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°57′56″N 44°1′56″E
Country Turkey
ProvinceIğdır Province
DistrictIğdır central district
Elevation
[1]
861 m (2,824 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total2,498
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
76000
Area code(s)0476
Licence plate76

History

From the records of 1901 and 1928 we know the village was once called Blur in Armenian, which means mound.[3][4]

Enginalan was an Armenian inhabited settlement prior to the Armenian-Turkish war in 1920, with a population of 2,244 in 1908[5]

Population

As of 2020, the town had a population of 2,498.[6]

References
  1. "Enginalan, Turkey Page". Fallingrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "Iğdır Merkez Enginalan Köy Nüfusu" (in Turkish). Nufusune.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. "բլուր — Վիքիբառարան". hy.wiktionary.org (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  4. "Nişanyan Yeradları". nisanyanmap.com. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  5. The Caucasian calendar .... for 1909.
  6. "Engınalan Köyü Nüfusu, Iğdir MERKEZ". 2017-08-06. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
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