Geçitboyu
Geçitboyu is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Berwarî tribe and had a population of 1,557 in 2021. The hamlet of Ilıca is attached to Geçitboyu.- Type: Village with 778 residents
- Description: village in central district, Şırnak, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Beriyan”, “Biryam”, “Biryan”, “Geçitbayır”, “Gecitboyu”, and “Geçitboyu, Şırnak”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Araköy and Dağkonak.
Araköy
Village
Araköy is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Berwarî tribe and had a population of 596 in 2021. The village was depopulated in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.
Dağkonak
Village
Dağkonak is a village in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Berwarî tribe and had a population of 378 in 2021. The village was depopulated in the 1990s during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.
Balveren
Village
Balveren is a town in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Berwarî tribe and had a population of 3,871 in 2023. Balveren is situated 2½ km east of Geçitboyu.
Geçitboyu
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Şırnak Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
37.49249° or 37° 29′ 33″ north
Longitude
42.51877° or 42° 31′ 8″ east
Population
778
Elevation
1,425 metres (4,675 feet)
Open location code
8H94FGR9+XG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Geçitboyu” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Keçidboyu”
- Cebuano: “Geçitboyu”
- Chechen: “Гечитбойу”
- French: “Biryan”
- German: “Biryan”
- German: “Geçitboyu”
- Kurdish: “Biryan”
- Russian: “Bir’yan”
- Turkish: “Biryan”
- Turkish: “Geçitboyu, Şırnak”
- Turkish: “Geçitboyu”
- Uzbek: “Geçitboyu”
- Vietnamese: “Geçitboyu, Şırnak”
- Vietnamese: “Geçitboyu”
- “Geçitboyu”
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