Çöğürlü, Muş

Çöğürlü is a village of Muş District, Muş Province, eastern Turkey.[1] Its population is 2,328 (2022).[2] It is a satellite village of Muş.

Çöğürlü
Village
Çöğürlü is located in Turkey
Çöğürlü
Çöğürlü
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°45′10″N 41°31′45″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMuş
DistrictMuş
Population
 (2022)
2,328
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)

History
Çöğürlü about 1915

The old name of the village was Arinc or Arinch which was changed to Cogurlu in the 19th century.

At the end of the 19th century Chechens had begun to emigrate from the Caucasus to eastern Turkey. In 1902, it was estimated there were 1300 Armenians living in or around the village. In 1914, the Armenian church estimated only 613 Armenians in or around the village.[3] The village was depopulated in 1914.

Today the economy of a village depends on agriculture and husbandry. There is a primary school in the village which has drinking water and a sewerage network, electricity and fixed telephone. There is a bus service and a railway station.[4]

References
  1. Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. photo in 1914.
  4. Map by Robert H. Hewsen, Armenian SSR Atlas, Yerevan – Moscow, 1961


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