Palu
Palu is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Palu District. 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.- Town with about 23,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 890 metres (2,920 feet)
- Description: district of Elazığ, Turkey
- Also known as“Palu, Elazığ”“Paluyah”
Villages in the Area
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Yeşilbayır
Yeşilbayır is a village in the Palu District of Elazığ Province in Turkey.
2½ km south of Palu
Yazıbaşı
Yazıbaşı is a village in the Kovancılar District of Elazığ Province in Turkey.
3½ km northwest of Palu
Seydili
Seydili is a village in the Palu District of Elazığ Province in Turkey.
3½ km west of Palu
Palu
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Latitude
38.69349° or 38° 41′ 37″ north
Longitude
39.92888° or 39° 55′ 44″ east
Open location code
8GCXMWVH+9H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Palu” goes by many names.
PaluAlbanian
Palu, EllazëAlbanian
ῬωμανοῦπολιςAncient Greek (to 1453)
بالوArabic
Բալահովիտ (historical)Armenian
ԲալուArmenian
Հրոմանոպոլիս (historical)Armenian
Ռոմանոպոլիս (historical)Armenian
PaluAsturian
Palu (distritu)Asturian
PaluAzerbaijani
ПалуBelarusian
PaluCatalan
TxbetèriaCatalan
Palu İlçesiCebuano
پالۆCentral Kurdish
ПалуChechen
Палу (Туркойчоь)Chechen
帕卢Chinese
帕盧Chinese
PaluCzech
PalıDimli (individual language)
PaluDutch
Palu (ElazIg)Dutch
PaluIrish
PaluItalian
パルJapanese
PaloKurdish
پالۆKurdish
RomanopolisLatin
Daerah PaluMalay
Daerah Palu, TurkiMalay
Palu DistrictMalay
پالوMazanderani
پالو (شهر)Mazanderani
PaluMin Nan Chinese
PaluNorwegian
PaluNorwegian Bokmål
Palu i TyrkiaNorwegian Nynorsk
پالوPersian
پالو (ترکیه)Persian
PaluPolish
ПалуRussian
ПалуSerbian
PaluSlovak
Palu (District)Swahili
Palu, ElazığSwahili
PaluSwedish
ПалуTatar
PaluTurkish
Palu, ElazığTurkish
پالوUrdu
پالو، الازیغUrdu
PaluVietnamese
Palu, ElazığVietnamese
ԲալուWestern Armenian
ПалуWestern Mari
ضلع پالوWestern Panjabi
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