Yumurtatepe, Bitlis

Village in Turkey

Village in Bitlis, Turkey
38°26′25″N 42°7′32″E / 38.44028°N 42.12556°E / 38.44028; 42.12556CountryTurkeyProvinceBitlisDistrictBitlisPopulation
 (2021)
502Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Yumurtatepe is a village in the Bitlis District of Bitlis Province in Turkey.[1] Its population is 502 (2021).[2] It was formerly known as Papşin or Papşén.[3]

Before the deportations and genocide of the village's Armenian inhabitants, Papşin/Babshen had a population of 325 individuals in 1909. Located to the village's west was Surp Harutyun church and to its East was a chapel named Lusabdugh Surp Sahak.[4]

References

  1. ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Nişanyan Yeradları". nisanyanmap.com.
  4. ^ "Հայաստանի եւ հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, Թ.Խ. Հակոբյան, Ստ.Տ. Մելիք-Բախշյան, Հ.Խ. Բարսեղյան - բաբշեն". www.nayiri.com.
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