Aktaş
Aktaş is a village in the Siirt District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 602 in 2021. The hamlets of Arpalı, Bakır, Düzlüce and Konaklı are attached to the village.- Type: Village with 501 residents
- Description: village in central district, Siirt, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Aktas”, “Aktaş, Siirt”, “Berhorik”, “Berhürik”, and “Berkhyurik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Siirt Airport and Başur Höyük.
Siirt Airport
Aerodrome
Siirt Airport is an airport in Siirt, the city in Southeastern Anatolian region of Turkey. Airport is close to Pınarova, Pınarca, Aktaş, Tuzkuyusu, and Köprübaşı villages. Siirt Airport is situated 3½ km northeast of Aktaş.
Başur Höyük
Başur Höyük in Turkey's south-eastern Siirt Province is a 5,000-year-old Bronze Age burial site. It is located just outside the city of Siirt near the village of Aktaş in a valley of the upper Tigris River, adjacent to the Başur River. Başur Höyük is situated 4 km northwest of Aktaş.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pınarova and Akçalı.
Pınarova
Village
Pınarova is a village in the Siirt District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 43 in 2021. According to the Armenian prelacy survey of 1878, the village was populated by 24 Armenians. Pınarova is situated 3½ km north of Aktaş.
Akçalı
Village
Akçalı is a village in the Kurtalan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 180 in 2021. Akçalı is situated 4 km southwest of Aktaş.
Pınarca
Village
Pınarca is a village in the Siirt District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 2,321 in 2021. According to the Armenian prelacy survey of 1878, the village included 16 Armenians. Pınarca is situated 5 km northeast of Aktaş.
Aktaş
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Siirt, Siirt Province, Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
37.9539° or 37° 57′ 14″ northLongitude
41.80748° or 41° 48′ 27″ eastPopulation
501Elevation
633 metres (2,077 feet)Open location code
8H93XR34+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1096159881OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
324448Wikidata ID
Q16375458
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yoruba—“Aktaş” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բրհուրիկ”
- Cebuano: “Aktaş”
- Chechen: “Акташ”
- German: “Aktaş”
- Tatar: “Акташ”
- Turkish: “Aktaş, Siirt”
- Turkish: “Aktaş”
- Uzbek: “Aktaş”
- Vietnamese: “Aktaş, Siirt”
- Vietnamese: “Aktaş”
- Yoruba: “Aktaş”
- “Aktaş”
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