[4] The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal backgrounds including non-tribal.

[7] She was arrested in October 2019 over terrorism-related charges and replaced by a trustee appointed by the central government.

[9] This region is attested as early as the 4-7th century in the Syriac text Acts of Mar Mari as Gāwār, a region that Christianity was introduced in, and whose inhabitants were converted to Christianity from paganism by St.

[9] The city is divided into the neighborhoods of Akalın, Aksu, Altınoluk, Beşbulak, Bölük, Cumhuriyet, Dedeler, Dize, Esen Yurt, Esentepe, Eskikışla, Güçlü, Güllüce, Güngor, Güvenli, İnanlı, İpek, Kerem Zeydan, Merkez, Mezarlık, Sarıyıldız, Vezirli, Yeni, Yeşildere, Yeşilova and Yılmaz.

[11] Population history from 1997 to 2023:[12][1] Yüksekova has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsb),[13] with very warm, dry summers, and very cold, snowy winters.