Silopi (Turkey)
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Name (Hebrew)
סילופי (טורקיה)
Name (Latin)
Silopi (Turkey)
Other forms of name
Girikoma (Turkey)
Girikamo (Turkey)
Coordinates
42.47166667 42.47166667 37.24972222 37.24972222 (gooearth )
Associated country
Turkey
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GEOnet, 24 June 2004(Silopi, PPL, 37°14ʹ59ʺN 42°28ʹ10ʺE, Turkey; variants: Girikoma, Girikamo)
- Times index-gaz. world, 1965(Silopi, Turkey, 37°15ʹN 42°27ʹE)
- United States. National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Turkey image city map 1:7,500. Silopi, c2003.
- GEOnet, 24 June 2004(Silopi, PPL, 37⁰14ʹ59ʺN 42⁰28ʹ10ʺE, Turkey; variants: Girikoma, Girikamo)
- Times index-gaz. world, 1965(Silopi, Turkey, 37⁰15ʹN 42⁰27ʹE)
Wikipedia description:
Silopi (Kurdish: Silopî) is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 108,880 in 2023. It is considered to be part of Turkish Kurdistan. Large sections of the city were destroyed in 2016 during clashes between the Turkish army and Kurdish youths, some of whom were allegedly affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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