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Aksu in the region of Şırnak is a town in Turkey - some 556 mi or ( 895 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Aksu is now 01:02 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Rabinka, Karni, Hawriz, Baghdad, and Mosul. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Rabinka . Where to go and what to see in Aksu ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Şırnak Province

The Şırnak Province is a Turkish province in southeastern Anatolia. It has a population of 430,109 (2010 est). The population was 353,197 in 2000. Şırnak Province has some mountainous regions in the west and the south, but the majority of the province consists of plateaus, resulting from the many rivers that cross it. These include the Tigris, and its tributaries Hezil and Kızılsu, and also Çağlayan. The most important mountains are the Cudi (2089 m), the Gabar, the Namaz and the Altın.

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Located at 37.45 42.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Kurdish inhabited regions, Şırnak Province

Zakho

Zakho is a district and a town in Iraqi Kurdistan located a few kilometers from the Iraqi-Turkish border in the Dohuk Governorate. The city has 200,000 inhabitants. It may have originally begun on a small island in the Little Khabur which currently flows through the city. The Khabur River flows west of Zakho to form the border between Kurdistan and Turkey and flows into the Tigris.

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Located at 37.15 42.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Cities in Iraq, District capitals of Iraq, Jewish Iraqi history, Populated places in Dohuk Province, Zakho

Delal

Delal or Pira Delal also Pirdí Delal ("The Bridge Delal" in Kurdish), informally known also as Pira Berî (Stone Bridge), is an ancient bridge in the town of Zakho, in southern Kurdistan (Iraq) The bridge is 114 metres long and 15.5 metres high.

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Located at 37.14 42.69 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Bridges in Iraq, Zakho

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