Weather in Çukurca
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About Çukurca
Çukurca (Kurdish: Çel, lit. 'ditch, pit, hole, well', Syriac: ܛܝܵܪܹܐ, romanized: Ṭyārē, Lishanid Noshan: גיאלא) is a municipality (belde) and seat of Çukurca District in Hakkâri Province of Turkey. The city is populated by Kurds of the Ertoşî and Pinyanişî tribes and had a population of 10,252in 2023. The mayor is Ensar Dündar from Justice and Development Party since 2019.
From the Wikipedia article Çukurca (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Map of Çukurca
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Getting there and nearby towns
Hakkari Yüksekova Airport (YKO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 64 km away.
- Gündeş 16 km northwest, about 16 min by car
- Çığlı 23 km west, about 23 min by car
- Taşbaşı 22 km northwest, about 22 min by car
- Ortaköy 31 km west, about 31 min by car
- Hakkâri 38 km north, about 38 min by car
- Çey 38 km east, about 38 min by car
- Oymakaya 39 km northwest, about 39 min by car
- Kırıkdağ 45 km northeast, about 45 min by car
- Yemişli 49 km west, about 49 min by car
- Beytüşşebap 53 km northwest, about 53 min by car
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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
- Hakkari yöresel düğün, Mkrc85, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Yöresel düğün, Mkrc85, CC BY-SA 4.0
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