Sancar
Sancar is a village in Yenişehir, Diyarbakır Province and has about 116 residents. Sancar is situated nearby to the village Alpu, as well as near Başil.- Type: Village with 116 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Yenişehir, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “İğliyan” and “Sancak”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dökmetaş and Yaytaş.
Dökmetaş
Village
Dökmetaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 1,798 in 2025. Dökmetaş is situated 4 km south of Sancar.
Yaytaş
Village
Yaytaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. Its population is 1,069. Yaytaş is situated 4½ km northwest of Sancar.
Hantepe
Village
Hantepe is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yenişehir, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. Its population is 1,544. Hantepe is situated 6 km north of Sancar.
Sancar
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Yenişehir, Diyarbakır Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.05179° or 38° 3′ 6″ northLongitude
40.15436° or 40° 9′ 16″ eastPopulation
116Elevation
718 metres (2,356 feet)Open location code
8HC23523+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1362816961OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
301934Wikidata ID
Q109384227
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Sancar” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Санджар (ЙенишехӀир)”
- Chechen: “Санджар”
- Tatar: “Санҗар (Енишеһир)”
- Tatar: “Санҗар”
- Turkish: “Sancar, Yenişehir”
- Turkish: “Sancar”
- Vietnamese: “Sancar”
- “Sancar”
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