Çekmece
Çekmece is a village in Tatvan, Bitlis Province and has about 376 residents and an elevation of 2,024 metres. Çekmece is situated near the village Benekli, as well as near Yumurtatepe.- Type: Village with 376 residents
- Description: village in Tatvan, Bitlis, southeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Cekmece”, “Şamiram”, and “Şamiran”
- Historically known as: “Shamiram”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oduncular.
Oduncular
Village
Oduncular is a village in the Güroymak District of Bitlis Province in Turkey. Oduncular is situated 7 km west of Çekmece.
Çekmece
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Tatvan, Bitlis Province, Eastern Anatolia, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.55809° or 38° 33′ 29″ north
Longitude
42.24677° or 42° 14′ 48″ east
Population
376
Elevation
2,024 metres (6,640 feet)
Open location code
8HC4H65W+6P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yoruba—“Çekmece” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շամիրամ”
- Chechen: “Шентепе”
- German: “Çekmece”
- Kurdish: “Şemîran”
- Tatar: “Чекмеҗе”
- Turkish: “Çekmece, Tatvan”
- Turkish: “Çekmece”
- Turkish: “Şentepe” (historical)
- Vietnamese: “Çekmece”
- Vietnamese: “Şentepe, Tatvan”
- Western Armenian: “Շամիրամ”
- Yoruba: “Çekmece”
- “Çekmece”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Benekli and Yumurtatepe.
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Highlights: Nemrut Kayak Merkezi and Kizvan Mountain.
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