Akçayar
Akçayar is a village in the Şirvan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 19 in 2021. It was burned by authorities in 1995, during the Kurdish–Turkish conflict.- Type: Village with 20 residents
- Description: village in Şirvan, Siirt, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Akaçayar”, “Akcayar”, “Akçayar, Şirvan”, and “Mezreşeyxan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meşecik and Akyokuş.
Meşecik
Village
Meşecik is a village in the Şirvan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 21 in 2021.
Akyokuş
Village
Akyokuş is a village in the Şirvan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Sturkiyan tribe and had a population of 29 in 2021. Akyokuş is situated 3 km southwest of Akçayar.
Yarımtepe
Village
Yarımtepe is a village in the Şirvan District of Siirt Province in Turkey. The village had a population of 345 in 2021. Yarımtepe is situated 4 km south of Akçayar.
Akçayar
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Şirvan İlçesi, Siirt Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.1072° or 38° 6′ 26″ northLongitude
42.21713° or 42° 13′ 2″ eastPopulation
20Elevation
1,519 metres (4,984 feet)Open location code
8HC44648+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 2517613227OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
325053Wikidata ID
Q6992092
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Akçayar” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Акчайар”
- German: “Akçayar”
- Kurdish: “Mezra Şêxan, Şêrwan”
- Kurdish: “Mezra Şêxan”
- Tatar: “Акчаяр”
- Turkish: “Akçayar, Şirvan”
- Turkish: “Akçayar”
- Turkish: “Akçayır”
- Uzbek: “Akçayar”
- Vietnamese: “Akçayar, Şirvan”
- Vietnamese: “Akçayar”
- “Akçayar”
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