SE Anatolia
Siirt Province
Siirt

Meydandere

Meydandere is a village in the Siirt District of in . The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 951 in 2021.
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  • Type: Village with 793 residents
  • Description: village in central district, Siirt, southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Boşi”, “Boşî”, “Bushi”, “Buşi”, and “Meydandere, Siirt”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kirazlık Dam and Alkumru Dam.

Dam
The is a gravity dam on the , 9 km east of in of southeastern . The purpose of the dam is to regulate the outflow of the upstream and to produce hydroelectric power with a run-of-the-river design. is situated 3 km west of Meydandere.

Dam
Photo: Andromeda2064, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a rock-fill embankment dam on the , located 14 km east of in , Turkey. The dam was constructed between 2008 and 2011. is situated 3½ km north of Meydandere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akyayla and Ekmekçiler.

Village
, formerly Kılbasan, is a village in the of in . The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 713 in 2022. The hamlet of Kargacık is attached to . is situated 4 km east of Meydandere.

Village
is a village in the Siirt District of in . The village is populated by Kurds of the Botikan tribe and had a population of 897 in 2021. The hamlet of Elmacık is attached to the village. is situated 5 km southeast of Meydandere.

Village
is a village in the of in . The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 97 in 2022. The hamlets of Bakacak and Kavacık are attached to . is situated 7 km northwest of Meydandere.

Meydandere

Latitude
37.92658° or 37° 55′ 36″ north
Longitude
42.09575° or 42° 5′ 45″ east
Population
793
Elevation
812 metres (2,664 feet)
Open location code
8H94W3GW+J8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1833117734
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
304444
Wiki­data ID
Q35728382
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Meydandere” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Meydandere”
  • Chechen: “Мейдандере”
  • Dutch: “Meydandere”
  • German: “Meydandere”
  • Kurdish: “Buşî”
  • Tatar: “Мейдандере”
  • Turkish: “Meydandere, Siirt”
  • Turkish: “Meydandere”
  • Uzbek: “Meydandere”
  • Vietnamese: “Meydandere, Siirt”
  • Vietnamese: “Meydandere”
  • “Meydandere”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meydandere”. Photo: Dûrzan cîrano, CC BY-SA 3.0.