Çöğürlü () is a village of

Muş District Muş District (also: ''Merkez'', meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Muş Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Muş.

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, eastern

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. Its population is 2,328 (2022). It is a

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History

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

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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. 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,

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and fixed

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. There is a bus service and a

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. Map by Robert H. Hewsen, Armenian SSR Atlas, Yerevan – Moscow, 1961

References

Villages in Muş District Kurdish settlements in Muş Province {{Muş-geo-stub