Akçıra, Turkey

Akçıra is a town of 1,018 people in Bitlis, Turkey.

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Population1,018 GeoNames

RegionBitlis

Elevation1,652 m 5,420 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportVan Ferit Melen International Airport (VAN) 47 km

About Akçıra

Akçıra (Kurdish: Axçira) is a village in the Adilcevaz District of Bitlis Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Bekiran tribe and had a population of 1,018 in 2022.

From the Wikipedia article Akçıra, Adilcevaz (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Van Ferit Melen International Airport (VAN) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 47 km away.

Kavuştuk 5 km southwest, about 5 min by car
Heybeli 12 km northwest, about 12 min by car
Karşıyaka 13 km west, about 13 min by car
Gümüşdüven 16 km northwest, about 16 min by car
Yukarı Süphan 21 km west, about 21 min by car
Erciş 30 km northeast, about 30 min by car
Van 47 km southeast, about 47 min by car
Ahlat 55 km west, about 55 min by car
Gevaş 62 km south, about 1 h by car
Tatvan 81 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car

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