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Banabil Destination Guide

Touring Banabil in Turkey

Banabil in the region of Şırnak is a city located in Turkey - some 540 mi or ( 869 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Time in Banabil is now 10:21 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Mosul, Tabriz, Yogurtcular, Van, and Tatvan. Being here already, consider visiting Mosul . Check out our recommendations for Banabil ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Durmuşlu

Durmuşlu is a town in Şırnak Province, Turkey. {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:37|23|06|N|42|11|41|E| |primary |name= }}

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Located at 37.38 42.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Towns in Turkey

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 19 km away
Tags: Kurdish inhabited regions, Şırnak Province

Ain Diwar Bridge

The Ain Diwar Bridge is a ruined masonry arch Roman bridge, 3.5 km northeast of the town of Ain Diwar, Syria. The bridge is within vicinity of the Syria, Iraq and Turkey border region and about 500m west of the Tigris River of which it used to cross. The Ain Diwar bridge was built in the 2nd century by the Romans to give them access to Eastern Anatolia. The Romans also previously set up the Bezabde Camp nearby. It was refurbished by the Seljuks and Arabs in the late 12th or early 13th century.

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Located at 37.31 42.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Arch bridges, Archaeological sites in al-Hasakah Governorate, Buildings and structures in al-Hasakah Governorate, Crusade places, Roman bridges in Syria, Stone bridges

Cizre Dam

The Cizre Dam is a proposed dam on the Tigris River north of Cizre, Turkey. The Cizre Dam is to be built in conjunction and downstream of the Ilisu Dam. The Cizre Dam is also one of the planned dams of Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP). The purpose of the Cizre Dam is irrigation, hydro-power and to control the tailwaters of the Ilisu Dam. A tender for the Cizre Dam was issued in May 2008.

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Located at 37.36 42.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Dams in Şırnak Province, Hydroelectric power stations in Turkey, Proposed dams, Proposed hydroelectric power stations, Southeastern Anatolia Project