Balaban, Turkey

Balaban is a town of 1,036 people in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.

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Population1,036 GeoNames

RegionDiyarbakır Province

Elevation807 m 2,648 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportDiyarbakır Airport (DIY) 31 km

About Balaban

Balaban (Kurdish: Rutan) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Eğil, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 1,036 in 2022.

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

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Getting there and nearby towns

Diyarbakır Airport (DIY) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 31 km away.

Sarıca 3 km east, about 3 min by car
Düzlük 4 km northeast, about 4 min by car
Yatır 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
Sivritepe 6 km south, about 6 min by car
Baysu 10 km west, about 10 min by car
Sarmaşık 12 km north, about 12 min by car
Diyarbakır 29 km south, about 29 min by car
Çermik 67 km west, about 1 h by car
Bingöl 83 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car
Batman 87 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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