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Population2,000
GeoNames
RegionDiyarbakır Province
Elevation656 m
2,152 ft
Time zoneEurope/Istanbul
Nearest airportBatman Airport (BAL)
36 km
Weather in Altınkum
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About Altınkum
Altınkum (Kurdish: Başqê) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Silvan, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had population of 250 in 2022.
From the Wikipedia article Altınkum, Silvan (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Altınkum
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Getting there and nearby towns
Batman Airport (BAL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 36 km away.
- Kumgölü 6 km southeast, about 6 min by car
- Gürpınar 7 km south, about 7 min by car
- Boyunlu 8 km southwest, about 8 min by car
- Kazandağı 10 km southeast, about 10 min by car
- Keklikdere 11 km west, about 11 min by car
- Batman 42 km south, about 42 min by car
- Muş 64 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Diyarbakır 84 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Bingöl 85 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Siirt 85 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Başqê, Dûrzan, CC BY-SA 4.0
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