Weather in Şirvan
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About Şirvan
Şirvan (Arabic: شروان, Syriac: ܫܝܪܘܢ, romanized: Sherwan, Kurdish: Kufra, Şêrvan, Armenian: Քուֆրա, romanized: Qufra) is a municipality in the Şirvan District of Siirt Province in southeastern Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Silokan and Sturkiyan tribes and had a population of 3,958 in 2021.
From the Wikipedia article Şirvan, Siirt (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Şirvan is attested in the 13th century by Yaqut al-Hamawi in Mu'jam al-Buldan.
Under the Ottoman Empire, Şirvan was a kaza (district) of the sanjak of Siirt in the Bitlis Vilayet, and the village of Küfre (ܫܪܘܐܢ, "village" in Syriac, today called Şirvan) served as its administrative centre. In late 19th century, the district of Şirvan was largely inhabited by Muslim Kurds but was also home to a number of Christian Assyrians and Armenians, who constituted roughly 20% of the total population of the district. Of the total 200-odd settlements in the district, 28 were Christian, most of which were predominantly inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Assyrians, and some were populated by both Christians and Muslims.
As a consequence of the removal of local Kurdish overlords as part of the Ottoman policy of centralisation in the 1830s and 1840s, rural areas in the district were made vulnerable to oppression and exploitation by Kurdish tribes. Christians were also the victim of religious persecution, and led many to emigrate, as well as a small number of Kurds due to economic hardship, and resulted in a gradual process of Kurdification of the district.
From the History section of Şirvan, Siirt on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Şirvan
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Getting there and nearby towns
Siirt Airport (SXZ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 19 km away.
- İkizbağlar 10 km southwest, about 10 min by car
- Tillo 13 km south, about 13 min by car
- Siirt 17 km southwest, about 17 min by car
- Bitlis 38 km north, about 38 min by car
- Hizan 39 km northeast, about 39 min by car
- Tatvan 53 km northeast, about 53 min by car
- Batman 81 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Cizre 83 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Ahlat 86 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Muş 88 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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