Balveren, Turkey

Balveren is a town of 3,796 people in Şırnak, Turkey.

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Population3,796 GeoNames

RegionŞırnak

Elevation1,378 m 4,521 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportŞırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) 45 km

About Balveren

Balveren (Kurdish: Melê) is a town (belde) in the central district of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Berwarî tribe and had a population of 3,871 in 2023.

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

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Getting there and nearby towns

Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 45 km away.

Geçitboyu 3 km west, about 3 min by car
Şırnak 9 km west, about 9 min by car
Şenoba 16 km east, about 16 min by car
Bisbin 16 km south, about 16 min by car
İkizce 19 km west, about 19 min by car
Kumçatı 21 km west, about 21 min by car
Silopi 28 km south, about 28 min by car
Cizre 36 km southwest, about 36 min by car
Siirt 73 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Hizan 83 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car

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