Tur Abdin

Tur Abdin is a hilly region situated in southeastern , including the eastern half of , and west of the , on the border with Syria and famed since Late Antiquity for its Christian monasteries on the border of the Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: name for a mountain range in southeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Tor Abdin”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Güven and Pelitli.

Village
Photo: Êzîdîxan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, historically known as Bajenne is a neighbourhood located in the municipality and district of , in . The village is located ca.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village is populated by Arabs and had a population of 311 in 2021. is situated 3 km southeast of Tur Abdin.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , of . The village is populated by Syriacs and Kurds of the Şemikan tribe, including Yazidis, and had a population of 486 in 2021. is situated 3½ km southwest of Tur Abdin.

Tur Abdin

Latitude
37.34799° or 37° 20′ 53″ north
Longitude
41.37324° or 41° 22′ 24″ east
Open location code
8H9389XF+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5130434076
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q506470
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Tur Abdin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “طور عابدين”
  • Arabic: “طور عبدين”
  • Bulgarian: “Тур Абдин”
  • Catalan: “Tur Abdin”
  • Catalan: “Tur Abidin”
  • Central Kurdish: “توور عەبدین”
  • Chinese: “圖爾阿布丁”
  • Dutch: “Tur Abdin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “طور عبدين”
  • Finnish: “Ṭur ʿAbdin”
  • French: “Tur Abdin”
  • French: “Tur-Abdin”
  • German: “Gabal Tur”
  • German: “Ğabal Tur”
  • German: “Kasiari”
  • German: “Kašiari”
  • German: “Tur ‘Abdin”
  • German: “Tur ‘Abdîn”
  • German: “Tur Abdin”
  • German: “Turabdin”
  • Greek: “Τουρ Αμπντίν”
  • Hebrew: “טור עבדין”
  • Indonesian: “Tur Abdin”
  • Italian: “Tur Abdin”
  • Japanese: “トゥル・アブディン”
  • Kurdish: “Tor”
  • Kurdish: “Tûr Abdîn”
  • Kurdish: “Turabdîn”
  • Kurdish: “Tûrabdîn”
  • Kurdish: “Tûrabidîn”
  • Kurdish: “توورابدین”
  • Ladin: “Tur Abdin”
  • Low German: “Tur Abdin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tur Abdin”
  • Norwegian: “Tur Abdin”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܛܘܪ ܐܒܕܝܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܛܘܪ ܥܒܕܝܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܛܘܪܐܒܕܝܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܛܘܪܥܒܕܝܢ”
  • Persian: “طور عبدین”
  • Polish: “Tur Abdin”
  • Portuguese: “Tur Abdim”
  • Portuguese: “Tur Abdin”
  • Russian: “Тур-Абдин”
  • Spanish: “Tur Abdin”
  • Swedish: “Torabdin”
  • Swedish: “Tur Abdin”
  • Swedish: “Tur-Abdin”
  • Swedish: “TurAbdin”
  • Swedish: “Turabdîn”
  • Turkish: “Tur Abdin”
  • Venetian: “Tur Abdin”

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