Gümüşkanat
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| Province (il) : | Bitlis | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Mutki | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 24 ' N , 41 ° 44' E | |||
| Residents : | 255 (2010) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 434 | |||
| Postal code : | 13700 | |||
| License plate : | 13 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2011) | ||||
| Muhtar : | Cesim Eraslan | |||
Gümüşkanat ( Turkish for silver wing ) (Kurd. Kêboran) is a village in the Mutki district of the Turkish province of Bitlis . Gümüşkanat is located about 25 km west of the district town of Mutki in a mountainous region at an altitude of 1470 m above sea level.
The original name of the village was Keyburan. This was the name of a tribe that lived there. The village is known for its 60 m high waterfall.
The hamlets ( mezra ) Şirinyurt, Çatalçeşme, Vezir, Cevizli, Atabaşı, Yıldız, Örencik, Başçavuş, Meşelik, Suçakı and Ayşehatun belong to Gümüşkanat. Gümüşkanat is part of the Bucak Meydan and in 1985 had a total of 916 inhabitants. In 2010 there were still 255 people living there.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sevan Nişanyan : Adini unutan Ülke. Türkiye'de Adı Değiştirilen Yerler Sözlüğü. Istanbul 2010, p. 78
- ↑ www.yerelnet.org.tr
- ↑ www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )