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town, district
Hilvan (Ottoman Turkish: قره جورون Karacurun, Kurdish: Cunrê Reş) is a town and district of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, 55 km from the city of Şanlıurfa. It has an area of 1.278 km². It has a population of 22,633 and the district 41,064, mostly kurdish people.
The early history of the area is unclear but it was settled in the early 19th century by a nomadic tribe and was known then as Karacurum (Karacurun), (after a black millstone found in the village), then later as Hoşin (Uluyazı). There are burial mounds in the surrounding countryside including thenearby village of Balki (once also called Hilvan) but these have not been researched.
The early history of the area is unclear but it was settled in the early 19th century by a nomadic tribe and was known then as Karacurum (Karacurun), (after a black millstone found in the village), then later as Hoşin (Uluyazı). There are burial mounds in the surrounding countryside including thenearby village of Balki (once also called Hilvan) but these have not been researched.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilvan
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Coordinates: 37°35'3"N 38°57'35"E
- Doğanşehir 117 km
- Şahinbey 160 km
- Gürün 200 km
- Türkoğlu 202 km
- Şalpazarı 376 km
- Sarıkaya 389 km
- Kadışehri 390 km
- Çamlıyayla (Lambron) 391 km
- Ortaköy 452 km
- Kızılırmak 532 km
- Ruins 6.4 km
- ceqceq 11 km
- Terminal 16 km
- Control Tower and Administrative Building 16 km
- Runway 04/22 16 km
- Şanlıurfa GAP Airport (LTCS / GNY) 16 km
- Atatürk Dam Lake 26 km
- Şanlıurfa Province 27 km
- Kahta District 29 km
- Adıyaman Province 59 km