Kapıköy
| Kapıköy | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Van | |||
| District ( ilçe ) : | Saray | |||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 30 ' N , 44 ° 18' E | |||
| Height : | 3220 m | |||
| Residents : | 654 (2009) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 432 | |||
| Postal code : | 65810 | |||
| License plate : | 65 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2010) | ||||
| Muhtar : | Emin Altunli | |||
Kapıköy ( Turkish for door village ), (Kurd. Heretil ) is a village in the Saray district of the Turkish province of Van .
geography
Kapıköy, at 3,220 meters above sea level, is the highest place in Turkey. The village is located on the Vandogusu Mountains. The closest highest mountain is the Mengene Dağı at 3,435 meters.
Kapıköy is located about 101 km east of the provincial capital Van and 24 km southeast of Saray. Kapıköy had 654 inhabitants according to the last census (as of December 2009). The village is on the Iranian- Turkish border and has a border crossing .
history
The original place name was Heretil until the middle of the 20th century.
traffic
The village is on the Van – Tabriz railway line , the only rail link between Iran and Turkey. The Turkish-side border station for international traffic is also located here . The Iranian border station is 6 kilometers to the east and is called Razi .
Individual evidence
- ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 23, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed April 18, 2010
- ↑ Yerelnet.org , accessed 5 October 2010