Yayvantepe

Yayvantepe
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Mardin
District ( ilçe ) :	Midyat
Coordinates :	37 ° 18 '  N , 41 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 18 '0 "  N , 41 ° 31' 11"  E
Height :	900  m
Residents :	1,302 (2009)
Telephone code :	(+90) 482
Postal code :	47500
License plate :	47

Yayvantepe is a village in the district of Midyat the Turkish province of Mardin .

location

Yayvantepe is located about 87 km east of the provincial capital Mardin and 21 km southeast of Midyat. Other neighboring villages are distributed as follows:

Mardin 21 km		Mor Gabriel Monastery 3 km
		Sarıköy 27 km
Taşköy 10 km

population

According to the last census, Yayvantepe had 1,302 inhabitants (as of December 2009). The population consists of Kurds and Mhallami Arabs.

history

The Syrian Orthodox Mor Gabriel Monastery , one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world, is located 3 km northeast of the village. The monastery is also known as the Monastery of Qartmin . Qartmin or Kartmin is the Arabic name for the village of Yayvantepe.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento of September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed October 11, 2010