Egriqash
Egriqash
Persian: اگريقاش | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Egriqash | |
| Coordinates: 36°50′18″N 45°45′42″E / 36.83833°N 45.76167°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | West Azerbaijan |
| County | Mahabad |
| District | Central |
| Rural District | Mokriyan-e Gharbi |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 3,721 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Egriqash (Persian: اگريقاش)[a] is a village in Mokriyan-e Gharbi Rural District[4] of the Central District in Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,911 in 578 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 3,332 people in 735 households.[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 3,721 people in 1,033 households.[2]
Etymology
Historically, the name of this village was Indirqash, of unknown origin, which was transformed by folk etymology into Azeri Turkish Ägri-qash ("crooked eyebrow") or Hündür-qash ("high eyebrow").[7]: 70 : 70
History
After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Shia Azerbaijani recruits in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps entered Egriqash and massacred the local Kurdish population.[8]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 October 2025). "Egriqash, دهستان مکریان غربی, بخش مرکزی مهاباد [Mokriyan-e Gharbi Rural District, Central District of Mahabad], Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Egriqash can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3849361" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (25 November 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/09/04 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 13 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان مهاباد تابع استان آذربایجان غربی [Creation and formation of 13 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Mahabad County under West Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] DBDDF3BD-471A-4F3D-A721-5E98F11989BE. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 16. Archived from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: West Azerbaijan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان آذربایجان غربی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: West Azerbaijan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Minorsky, Vladimir (1957). "Mongol Place-Names in Mukri Kurdistan". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 19 (1): 58–81. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Mohséni, Chirine (2018), Dorronsoro, Gilles; Grojean, Olivier (eds.), The Instrumentalization of Ethnic Conflict by the State The Azeri-Kurdish Conflict in Iran, Oxford University Press, pp. 219 & 224, doi:10.1093/oso/9780190845780.001.0001, ISBN 9780190845780