Miepherkeim
Silvan is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,252 km2, and its population is 86,161. It is populated by Kurds.
- Type: Town with 42,600 residents
- Description: town of Diyarbakır, Turkey
- Also known as: “Farqin”, “Ferqîn”, “Martiropoli”, “Mayyafarikin”, “Mayyafariqin”, “Mayyafariquin”, “Mayyafarkin”, “Meyyafarikin”, “Meyyafarkin”, “Miyafarkin”, “Npherkert”, “Silîva”, “Silîvan”, “Silvan”, “Silvan (distritu)”, “Silvan, Diyarbakır”, “Μαγιαφαρικίν”, “Μαρτυρόπολις”, “Маййафарикин”, “Мияфракин”, “Фаркин”, “شیلوان”, “ميا فارقين”, “میافارقین”, and “シルヴァン”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çardak and Yolaç.
Çardak
Village
Çardak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. Çardak is situated 4 km northwest of Miepherkeim.
Yolaç
Village
Yolaç is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. Yolaç is situated 4½ km west of Miepherkeim.
Yeniköy
Village
Yeniköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and… Yeniköy is situated 4½ km southeast of Miepherkeim.
Miepherkeim
- Category: locality
- Location: Silvan District, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.1412° or 38° 8′ 28″ north
Longitude
41.0056° or 41° 0′ 20″ east
Population
42,600
Elevation
810 metres (2,657 feet)
Open location code
8HC342R4+F6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Mari—“Miepherkeim” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μαρτυρούπολις”
- Arabic: “ميافارقين”
- Armenian: “Սիլվան”
- Asturian: “Silvan”
- Azerbaijani: “Silvan”
- Bambara: “Silvan ye”
- Bulgarian: “Силван”
- Catalan: “Silvan”
- Cebuano: “Silvan”
- Central Kurdish: “فارقین”
- Chechen: “Силван”
- Chinese: “錫爾萬”
- Chinese: “锡尔万”
- Czech: “Silvan”
- Danish: “Silvan”
- Dimli (individual language): “Sıliwan”
- Dutch: “Silvan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ميافارقين”
- French: “Silvan”
- Gagauz: “Silvan”
- German: “Silvan”
- Gilaki: “سيلوان”
- Greek: “Σιλβάν”
- Hebrew: “סילבן”
- Hungarian: “Silvan (Diyarbakır tartomány)”
- Hungarian: “Silvan”
- Irish: “Silvan”
- Italian: “Silvan”
- Japanese: “シルワーン”
- Kurdish: “Farqîn”
- Kurdish: “فارقین”
- Latin: “Martyropolis”
- Lithuanian: “Silvanas”
- Malay: “Silvan, Turki”
- Malay: “Silvan”
- Mazanderani: “سیلوان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Silvan”
- Minangkabau: “Silvan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Silvan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Silvan”
- Norwegian: “Silvan”
- Persian: “سیلوان”
- Polish: “Silvan”
- Portuguese: “Silvan”
- Portuguese: “Silvane”
- Romanian: “Silvan, Diyarbakır”
- Russian: “Сильван”
- Serbian: “Силван”
- Silesian: “Silvan”
- Slovak: “Silvan”
- Slovenian: “Silvan”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیلوان”
- Spanish: “Silvan”
- Swahili: “Silvan, Turkey”
- Swahili: “Silvan”
- Tatar: “Силван”
- Turkish: “Silvan”
- Ukrainian: “Сильван”
- Urdu: “سیلوان، دیار باقر”
- Urdu: “سیلوان، دیار بکر”
- Uzbek: “Silvan”
- Western Mari: “Сильван”
- “Silvan”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Selahattin and Mescit.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Great Mosque of Silvan and Silvan Kaymakamlığı.
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