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Panik, Turkey

Panik is a town of 2,401 people in Iğdır, Turkey.

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Population2,401 GeoNames
RegionIğdır
Elevation862 m 2,828 ft
Time zoneEurope/Istanbul
Nearest airportIğdır Airport (IGD) 15 km

About Panik

Panik (Armenian: Բանիկ, romanized: Banik) is a köy (village) in the Iğdır District of Iğdır Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,671 (2022).

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

History

Panik's name was changed in 1960 to Özdemir. However, the name was reverted to Panik in 2014.

Panik was an Armenian inhabited settlement prior to the Armenian-Turkish war in 1920, with a population of 960 in 1886.

From the History section of Panik, Turkey on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Map of Panik

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Getting there and nearby towns

Iğdır Airport (IGD) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 15 km away.

  • Yüzbaşılar 2 km north, about 2 min by car
  • Enginalan 3 km southwest, about 3 min by car
  • Çakırtaş 4 km northeast, about 4 min by car
  • Tacirli 5 km east, about 5 min by car
  • Melekli 5 km southeast, about 5 min by car
  • Iğdır 7 km south, about 7 min by car
  • Obaköy 6 km southwest, about 6 min by car
  • Mürşitali 8 km northeast, about 8 min by car
  • Yaycı 8 km southwest, about 8 min by car
  • Evci 9 km northeast, about 9 min by car

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