Geçitli (Hakkâri)

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Geçitli (Hakkâri) (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Hakkari
District ( ilçe ) : Hakkari
Coordinates : 37 ° 36 '  N , 43 ° 34'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 35 '34 "  N , 43 ° 33' 58"  E
Height : 1910  m
Residents : 2,128 (2009)
Telephone code : (+90)
Postal code : 30300
License plate : 30th
Structure and administration (as of 2010)
Muhtar : Kadir Dinçer
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Geçitli (Kurd. Peyanis ) is a Kurdish village and capital of a Bucak in the central district of the Turkish province of Hakkâri . Geçitli is located in Southeastern Anatolia at 1,910 m above sea level, about 22 km west of the provincial capital Hakkâri . The former name of the village was Piyanis.

In Geçitli there is a large Jandarma barracks . Geçitli had a total of 2,128 inhabitants in 2009. The village has a boarding elementary school and is connected to the water and electricity supply.

In September 2010 an explosive device exploded a few kilometers from Geçitli. Nine occupants of a minibus were killed. The majority of the residents of Geçitli are former village guards .

Individual evidence

  1. Yerelnet.org
  2. Grunbuch Hakkari Center ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.e-tkbm.gov.tr
  3. www.report.tuik.gov.tr ( Memento from March 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )