Salkaya

Salkaya is a village in the Elazığ District of in Turkey. Its population is 586. In 2025, a Roman mosaic depicting many different animals, dating from sometime from the end of the 3rd century AD to the middle of the 4th century AD, was discovered in the village.
Wikipedia
  • Village with about 610 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,000 metres (3,270 feet)
  • …is also known as “Salkaya, Elâzığ”
  • Description: village in central district, Elazığ, eastern Turkey
  • Historically known as
    “Harsenk”
    “Hersenk”
    “Hersink”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaplıkaya and Obuz.
is a village in the Elazığ District of in Turkey. is situated 3 km west of Salkaya.
is a village in the Elazığ District of in Turkey. is situated 4 km south of Salkaya.
is a village in the Elazığ District of in Turkey. is situated 5 km south of Salkaya.

Salkaya

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Latitude
38.7748° or 38° 46′ 29″ north
Longitude
39.20754° or 39° 12′ 27″ east
Open location code
8GCXQ6F5+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1492204867
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
302031
Wiki­data ID
Q6580199

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yoruba—“Salkaya” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հարսենք (Խարբերդի գավառ)”
  • Armenian: “Հարսենք”
  • Basque: “Salkaya”
  • Catalan: “Salkaya”
  • Cebuano: “Salkaya”
  • Chechen: “Салкайа”
  • Czech: “Salkaya”
  • Danish: “Salkaya”
  • Dutch: “Salkaya”
  • Finnish: “Salkaya”
  • French: “Salkaya”
  • German: “Salkaya”
  • Indonesian: “Salkaya”
  • Italian: “Salkaya”
  • Kurdish: “Harsêk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salkaya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Salkaya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Salkaya”
  • Polish: “Salkaya”
  • Portuguese: “Salkaya”
  • Romanian: “Salkaya”
  • Slovak: “Salkaya”
  • Slovenian: “Salkaya”
  • Spanish: “Salkaya”
  • Swedish: “Salkaya”
  • Tagalog: “Salkaya”
  • Tatar: “Салкая”
  • Turkish: “Salkaya, Elazığ”
  • Turkish: “Salkaya”
  • Uzbek: “Salkaya”
  • Vietnamese: “Salkaya, Elâzığ”
  • Vietnamese: “Salkaya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salkaya”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարսէնք”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարսիկ”
  • Yoruba: “Salkaya”

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