Akchira (Nerk'in Arjra)
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Akchira or Nerk'in Arjra (Armenian: Ներքին Արջրա, literally meaning: Lower Near Water) is a village near lake Van. Up to 1915-23 Armenian genocide this was Armenian village named Nerk'in Arjra, having Surb Astvatzatzin (Holy Virgin) church and three Armenian cemeteries. All now destroyed by Turks, no trace remained. Name Akchira is turkish transcription of name Arjra.
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Coordinates: 38°50'56"N 43°5'43"E
- Gyoldyuzyu / Aren 9 km
- Aydinlar 15 km
- Aygedzor 17 km
- Halkalı 19 km
- Çelebibağı 23 km
- Nişancı 29 km
- Ekiciler 30 km
- Verin Irishat / Yukariisikli 32 km
- Haydarbey 34 km
- Arnist / Unseli 43 km
- Vichkatsruk peninsula 3.7 km
- Adilcevaz District 19 km
- Van Lake 24 km
- Süphan Mountain 24 km
- Tuşba District 28 km
- Patnos District 37 km
- Erciş District 39 km
- Van Province 54 km
- Bitlis Province 72 km
- Ağrı Province 73 km