Salkımlı, Kulp

Salkımlı
Parka, Firqê, Fırki
Village
Salkımlı

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 38°23′47″N 41°9′28″E / 38.39639°N 41.15778°E / 38.39639; 41.15778Coordinates: 38°23′47″N 41°9′28″E / 38.39639°N 41.15778°E / 38.39639; 41.15778
Country  Turkey
Province Diyarbakır
District Kulp
Population (2008)
  Total 733

Salkımlı or Fırki (Armenian: Փառկա Pʿaṙka, Kurdish: Firqê) is a village in the District of Kulp, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. In 2008 its population was 733 people.[1] Before the Armenian Genocide it was populated by Armenians and was the center of the group of villages known as Khian or Khiank (Armenian: Խիան Xian or Խիանք Xiankʿ).[2]

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.