Yelkaya
Yelkaya is a village in the Genç District, Bingöl Province, 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 57 residents
- Description: village in Genç, Bingöl, Turkey
- Also known as: “Mîyalan”, “Yelkaya, Genç”, and “Yerkaya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ecemiş and Direkli.
Ecemiş
Village
Ecemiş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Lice, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 158 in 2022. Ecemiş is situated 3 km east of Yelkaya.
Direkli
Village
Direkli is a village in the Genç District, Bingöl Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 288 in 2021. The hamlets of Taşören, Tavşanderesi and Usluca are attached to the village. Direkli is situated 4 km west of Yelkaya.
Döşekkaya
Village
Döşekkaya is a village in the Genç District, Bingöl Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 38 in 2021. The hamlets of Belceğiz and Güllüce are attached to the village. Döşekkaya is situated 6 km northwest of Yelkaya.
Yelkaya
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Genç İlçesi, Bingöl Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.59395° or 38° 35′ 38″ northLongitude
40.4245° or 40° 25′ 28″ eastPopulation
57Elevation
1,080 metres (3,543 feet)Open location code
8HC2HCVF+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 2414223701OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
296897Wikidata ID
Q490293
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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”
- “Yelkaya”
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