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Yumurtatepe, Bitlis

Yumurtatepe
Yumurtatepe is located in Turkey
Yumurtatepe
Yumurtatepe
Location within Turkey
Coordinates: 38°26′25″N 42°7′32″E / 38.44028°N 42.12556°E / 38.44028; 42.12556
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBitlis
DistrictBitlis
Population
 (2021)
502
Time 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

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  1. Köy Archived 6 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 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.