Cizre

Cizre is a city in the Cizre District of in . It is located on the river by the Syria–Turkey border and close to the Iraq–Turkey border.
  • Town with about 143,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 380 metres (1,250 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code NKT
  • Description: town and district of Şırnak Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Beit Zabde”
    “Dzhizre”
    “Jazirhe-a-ibn-a Omar”
    “Jesıret ibn Omar”
    “Jizre”

Places of Interest

Discover Citadel of Cizre and Red Madrasa of Cizre.
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Castle
is a castle.
Archaeological site
The , also known as the Zangid Bridge…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bozalan and Çatalköy.
Village
is a village in the Cizre District of in Turkey.
4½ km east of Cizre
Suburb
is a village in the Cizre District of in Turkey.
Suburb
is a village in the Cizre District of in Turkey.
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Latitude
37.3324° or 37° 19′ 57″ north
Longitude
42.1855° or 42° 11′ 8″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR CZE
Open location code
8H9485JP+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Cizre” goes by many names.
الجزيرةArabic
جزيرة ابن عمرArabic
قضاء الجزيرةArabic
قضاء جزيرة ابن عمرArabic
ԳզիրաArmenian
ՋեզիրեArmenian
ՋիզրեArmenian
CizreAsturian
Cizre (distritu)Asturian
CizrəAzerbaijani
CizreBasque
BezabdeCatalan
CizreCatalan
Djazirat Ibn UmarCatalan
Jazirat ibn ÚmarCatalan
CizreCebuano
جزیرCentral Kurdish
جزیری بۆتانCentral Kurdish
جەزیرەی ئیبن عومەرCentral Kurdish
ДжизреChechen
吉兹莱Chinese
吉兹雷Chinese
吉茲雷Chinese
CizreCzech
CizreDanish
CizraDimli (individual language)
CizreDutch
جزيرة ابن عمرEgyptian Arabic
CizîrEsperanto
Cizîra BotanEsperanto
CizreEsperanto
Ĝazīrat Ibn ʿUmarEsperanto
CizreGagauz
جزیرهGilaki
جزیره (تۊرکيه)Gilaki
ΤζίζρεGreek
ג’יזרהHebrew
CizreHungarian
CizreIndonesian
CizreIrish
BezabdeItalian
CizreItalian
Jazirat Ibn ‘UmarItalian
ジズレJapanese
ジズレ川Japanese
ДжизреKazakh
ЖазираKazakh
ЖизреKazakh
지즈레Korean
CizîrKurdish
Cîzîra BotanKurdish
CizîrêKurdish
CizreKurdish
جزیرKurdish
ČizrėLithuanian
CizreMalay
جزیرهMazanderani
CizreMin Nan Chinese
CizreMinangkabau
CizreNorwegian
CizreNorwegian Bokmål
CizreNorwegian Nynorsk
GazartaNorwegian Nynorsk
Jazīrat ibn ʿUmarNorwegian Nynorsk
Jezira ibn UmarNorwegian Nynorsk
جزیرهPersian
جزیرهٔ ابن عمرPersian
CizrePolish
CizreRomanian
ДжизреRussian
CizîrScottish Gaelic
CizreSerbian
DžizreSerbian
ЧизреSerbian
ЏизреSerbian
CizreSilesian
CizreSlovak
CizreSlovenian
جیزرهSouth Azerbaijani
CizreSwahili
CizreSwedish
ҖизрәTatar
ҖизреTatar
CezireTurkish
Cezire-i İbn-i ÖmerTurkish
CizreTurkish
ДжизреUkrainian
جزیرہ ابن عمرUrdu
CizreVenetian
CizreVietnamese
ДжизреWestern Mari
سزرےWestern Panjabi

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