Turkey
Diyarbakır Province
Kayapınar

Kayapınar

Kayapınar is municipality and district of , Turkey. Its area is 480 km2, and its population is 419,513. It covers the northwestern part of the city of and the adjacent countryside.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 362,000 residents
  • Description: ilçe (district), administrative county of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Fayas”, “Kayapinar”, “Kayapınar district”, and “Kayapınar, Diyarbakır”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Diyarbakır Prison and Koşuyolu Park.

Prison
is a prison located in , southeastern . It was established in 1980 as an E-type prison by the Ministry of Justice. After the September 12, 1980 Turkish coup d'état, the facility was transferred to military administration and became a Martial Law Military Prison.

Park
Photo: Necim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3½ km southeast of Kayapınar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dokuzçeltik and Bağlar.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . It is populated by Kurds of the Bekiran tribe and had a population of 2,261 in 2022. is situated 3½ km north of Kayapınar.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 429 km2, and its population is 406,471. It covers the southwestern part of the city of and the adjacent countryside. is situated 3½ km southeast of Kayapınar.

Town
Photo: Sonrisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 358 km2, and its population is 219,759. It covers the southwestern part of the city of and the adjacent countryside. is situated 5 km southeast of Kayapınar.

Kayapınar

Latitude
37.94378° or 37° 56′ 38″ north
Longitude
40.18458° or 40° 11′ 5″ east
Population
362,000
Elevation
728 metres (2,388 feet)
Open location code
8H92W5VM+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 961416307
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
308569
Wiki­data ID
Q690433
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Mari—“Kayapınar” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բեյազ”
  • Asturian: “Kayapınar (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Kayapınar”
  • Chechen: “Кайапинар”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kayapınar, Diyarbekır”
  • Dutch: “Kayapınar”
  • French: “Kayapınar”
  • German: “Kayapınar”
  • Irish: “Kayapınar”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kayapınar”
  • Kurdish: “Payas”
  • Kurdish: “پایاس”
  • Minangkabau: “Kayapınar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kayapınar”
  • Norwegian: “Kayapınar”
  • Ossetian: “Кайапынар (Диярбакыр)”
  • Ossetian: “Кайапынар”
  • Persian: “کایاپینار”
  • Polish: “Kayapınar”
  • Serbian: “Kajapinar”
  • Serbian: “Kayapınar”
  • Serbian: “Кајапинар”
  • Tatar: “Каяпынар”
  • Turkish: “Kayapınar, Diyarbakır”
  • Turkish: “Kayapınar”
  • Urdu: “کایاپینار، دیار بکر”
  • Western Mari: “Каяпынар”
  • “Kayapınar ilçesi”

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