Çiğil

Çiğil is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 238 in 2022.
  • Village with about 250 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 570 metres (1,870 feet)
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Silvan, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Belevela”
    “Çiğil, Silvan”
  • Historically known as
    “Balabala”
    “Belavela”
    “Pala Palay”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bıçakçı and Kıraçtepe.
is a village in the Batman District of in Turkey. is situated 3 km south of Çiğil.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and… is situated 4 km northwest of Çiğil.
is a village in the Batman District of in Turkey. is situated 4 km east of Çiğil.
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Latitude
38.01249° or 38° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
41.14236° or 41° 8′ 33″ east
Open location code
8HC3246R+XW
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Çiğil” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բալաբալա”
  • Basque: “Çiğil”
  • Catalan: “Çiğil”
  • Cebuano: “Çiğil”
  • Chechen: “ЧигӀил”
  • Czech: “Çiğil”
  • Danish: “Çiğil”
  • Dutch: “Çiğil”
  • Finnish: “Çiğil”
  • Galician: “Çiğil”
  • German: “Çiğil”
  • Irish: “Çiğil”
  • Italian: “Çiğil”
  • Kurdish: “Belawela”
  • Kurdish: “Pileka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Çiğil”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Çiğil”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Çiğil”
  • Polish: “Çiğil”
  • Portuguese: “Çiğil”
  • Romanian: “Çiğil”
  • Scots: “Çiğil”
  • Slovak: “Çiğil”
  • Slovenian: “Çiğil”
  • Spanish: “Çiğil”
  • Swedish: “Çiğil”
  • Tagalog: “Çiğil”
  • Tatar: “Чигыйл”
  • Turkish: “Belavela” (historical)
  • Turkish: “Çiğil, Silvan”
  • Turkish: “Çiğil”
  • Uzbek: “Çiğil”
  • Vietnamese: “Çiğil, Silvan”
  • Vietnamese: “Çığıl”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Çiğil”
  • Western Armenian: “Բալա Բալայ”

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