Palu

Palu is a town of of Turkey. It is the seat of . The current mayor is Muhammet Septioğlu. Its population is 9,602. Inhabited since ancient times, Palu was the capital of the classical Armenian region of Balabitene and then, much later, of the Kurdish Emirate of Palu.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 18,700 residents
  • Description: district of Elazığ, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Palu, Elazığ” and “Paluyah”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yeşilbayır and Yazıbaşı.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. Its population is 118. is situated 2½ km south of Palu.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. Previously, the village was known as Sakrat or Sekrat. The name of the village was changed between 1955 and 1960 to its current name of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Palu.

Village
is a village in the of in Turkey. Its population is 279. is situated 3½ km west of Palu.

Palu

Latitude
38.69349° or 38° 41′ 37″ north
Longitude
39.92888° or 39° 55′ 44″ east
Population
18,700
Elevation
889 metres (2,917 feet)
Open location code
8GCXMWVH+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 244313619
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
302912
Wiki­data ID
Q1003910
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Palu” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Palu, Ellazë”
  • Albanian: “Palu”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ῥωμανοῦπολις”
  • Arabic: “بالو”
  • Armenian: “Բալահովիտ” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Բալու”
  • Armenian: “Հրոմանոպոլիս” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ռոմանոպոլիս” (historical)
  • Asturian: “Palu (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Palu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Palu”
  • Belarusian: “Палу”
  • Catalan: “Palu”
  • Catalan: “Txbetèria”
  • Cebuano: “Palu İlçesi”
  • Central Kurdish: “پالۆ”
  • Chechen: “Палу (Туркойчоь)”
  • Chechen: “Палу”
  • Chinese: “Palu”
  • Chinese: “帕卢”
  • Chinese: “帕盧”
  • Czech: “Palu”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Pali”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Palı”
  • Dutch: “Palu (ElazIg)”
  • Dutch: “Palu”
  • French: “Palu”
  • Gagauz: “Palu”
  • Galician: “Palu”
  • German: “Palu”
  • Gilaki: “پالۊ (شأر)”
  • Gilaki: “پالۊ”
  • Greek: “Παλού”
  • Hebrew: “פאלו”
  • Irish: “Palu”
  • Italian: “Palu”
  • Japanese: “パル”
  • Kurdish: “Palo”
  • Kurdish: “پالۆ”
  • Latin: “Romanopolis”
  • Malay: “Daerah Palu, Turki”
  • Malay: “Daerah Palu”
  • Malay: “Palu District”
  • Mazanderani: “پالو (شهر)”
  • Mazanderani: “پالو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Palu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palu i Tyrkia”
  • Norwegian: “Palu”
  • Persian: “پالو (ترکیه)”
  • Persian: “پالو”
  • Polish: “Palu”
  • Russian: “Палу”
  • Serbian: “Палу”
  • Slovak: “Palu”
  • Spanish: “Palu”
  • Swahili: “Palu (District)”
  • Swahili: “Palu, Elazığ”
  • Swedish: “Palu”
  • Tatar: “Палу”
  • Turkish: “Palu, Elazığ”
  • Turkish: “Palu”
  • Urdu: “پالو، الازیغ”
  • Urdu: “پالو”
  • Vietnamese: “Palu, Elazığ”
  • Vietnamese: “Palu”
  • Western Armenian: “Բալու”
  • Western Mari: “Палу”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع پالو”
  • “Palu”

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