Yelkaya

Yelkaya is a village in the Genç District, , Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 57 in 2021. The hamlets of Kocakaya, Koyunoba, Köplüce and Körüktaşı are attached to the village.
  • Village with 82 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,080 metres (3,540 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Mîyalan”
  • Description: village in Genç, Bingöl, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Yelkaya, Genç”
    “Yerkaya”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ecemiş and Direkli.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey. is situated 3 km east of Yelkaya.
is a village in the Genç District, , Turkey. is situated 4 km west of Yelkaya.
is a village in the Genç District, , Turkey. is situated 6 km northwest of Yelkaya.
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Latitude
38.59395° or 38° 35′ 38″ north
Longitude
40.4245° or 40° 25′ 28″ east
Open location code
8HC2HCVF+HR
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Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yoruba—“Yelkaya” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Yelkaya”
  • Catalan: “Yelkaya”
  • Cebuano: “Yelkaya”
  • Central Kurdish: “گولکان، گێغی”
  • Chechen: “Йелкайа”
  • Czech: “Yelkaya”
  • Danish: “Yelkaya”
  • Dutch: “Yelkaya”
  • Finnish: “Yelkaya”
  • German: “Yelkaya”
  • Indonesian: “Yelkaya”
  • Italian: “Yelkaya”
  • Kurdish: “Gulikan”
  • Kurdish: “گولکان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yelkaya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yelkaya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Yelkaya”
  • Polish: “Yelkaya”
  • Portuguese: “Yelkaya”
  • Romanian: “Yelkaya”
  • Slovak: “Yelkaya”
  • Slovenian: “Yelkaya”
  • Spanish: “Yelkaya”
  • Swedish: “Yelkaya”
  • Tagalog: “Yelkaya”
  • Tatar: “Елкая”
  • Turkish: “Yelkaya, Genç”
  • Turkish: “Yelkaya”
  • Uzbek: “Yelkaya”
  • Vietnamese: “Yelkaya, Genç”
  • Vietnamese: “Yelkaya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Yelkaya”
  • Yoruba: “Yelkaya”

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