Akyar
Akyar is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and had a population of 256 in 2021.- Type: Village with 247 residents
- Description: village in Gercüş, Batman, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Akyar, Gercüş”, “Mernavi”, “Mervani”, and “Merwanî”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gürbüz and Gönüllü.
Gürbüz
Village
Gürbüz is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and had a population of 47 in 2021.
Gönüllü
Village
Gönüllü is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 357 in 2021. Rice is grown at the village. In the village, there is the ruined Monastery of Mor Shemʿun. Gönüllü is situated 3½ km east of Akyar.
Başarköy
Village
Başarköy is a village in the Gercüş District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Kercoz tribe and had a population of 37 in 2021. It is located in the historic region of Tur Abdin. Başarköy is situated 4 km southwest of Akyar.
Akyar
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Gercüş, Batman Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
37.64776° or 37° 38′ 52″ northLongitude
41.45327° or 41° 27′ 12″ eastPopulation
247Elevation
829 metres (2,720 feet)Open location code
8H93JFX3+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 1088144515OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
324384Wikidata ID
Q4702028
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Akyar” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Akyar”
- Chechen: “Акйар”
- Dutch: “Akyar”
- German: “Akyar”
- Kurdish: “Merwaniyê”
- Malay: “Akyar, Gercüş”
- Malay: “Akyar”
- Persian: “اکیار، گرسوش”
- Tatar: “Акъяр”
- Turkish: “Akyar, Gercüş”
- Turkish: “Akyar”
- Uzbek: “Akyar”
- Vietnamese: “Akyar, Gercüş”
- Vietnamese: “Akyar”
- “Akyar”
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