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Hilal, Turkey

Hilal is a town of 2,606 people in Şırnak, Turkey.

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Population2,606 GeoNames
RegionŞırnak
Elevation1,017 m 3,337 ft
Time zoneEurope/Istanbul
Nearest airportŞırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) 66 km

About Hilal

Hilal (Kurdish: Şêxan) is a town (belde) and municipality in the Uludere District of Şırnak Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Goyan tribe and had a population of 3,321 in 2023.

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

Map of Hilal

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Getting there and nearby towns

Şırnak Şerafettin Elçi Airport (NKT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 66 km away.

  • Dağlıca 5 km south, about 5 min by car
  • Şenoba 6 km west, about 6 min by car
  • Uludere 7 km southeast, about 7 min by car
  • Ballı 8 km southeast, about 8 min by car
  • Ortabağ 14 km southeast, about 14 min by car
  • Taşdelen 13 km southeast, about 13 min by car
  • Silopi 38 km southwest, about 38 min by car
  • Cizre 56 km west, about 56 min by car
  • Hakkâri 85 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
  • Hizan 90 km north, about 1 h 30 min by car

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

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