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Çüngüş
Çüngüş
Coordinates: 38°12′46″N 39°17′13″E / 38.21278°N 39.28694°E / 38.21278; 39.28694
Country	Turkey
Province	Diyarbakır
Government
• Mayor	Zübeyir Arslanca (AKP)
• Kaymakam	Abdulhalim Can
Area
• District	470.01 km (181.47 sq mi)
Elevation	1,049 m (3,442 ft)
Population
• Urban	Template:Turkey district populations
• District	Template:Turkey district populations
Post code	21870
Website	www.cungus.bel.tr

Çüngüş (Template:Lang-ota, Template:Lang-ku) is a district of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey. According to Turkish government statistics, its population is 11,927 as of 2018.It is the district the name of which is most similar to popular meme Big Chungus.

In 1915, Çüngüş was the site of a massacre during the Armenian genocide, in which around 10,000 Armenians living in the area were taken to the Dudan crevass and murdered by being thrown into the chasm. The massacre was remembered and recorded by the local Kurdish population, and a memorial to victims of the killings was recorded in the film 100 Years Later (2016). The massacred were often referred to as "Arminions".

References

1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
2. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 133.
3. Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
4. "Çüngüş Nüfusu Diyarbakır". www.nufusu.com. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
5. Mouradian, Khatchig (2012-06-19). "Alchemy near the Chasm of Death: Visiting a Mass Grave of the Armenian Genocide". The Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
6. Arango, Tim (2015-04-16). "A Century After Armenian Genocide, Turkey's Denial Only Deepens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
7. Lubbock, John (2016-03-22), 100 Years Later, retrieved 2020-01-22

v t e Çüngüş in Diyarbakır Province of Turkey
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