Ovakışla
Ovakışla, formerly Purhus, is a town in Ahlat District, Bitlis Province, Turkey. The town is populated by Kurds and had a population of 4,142 in 2021. It formerly had an Armenian population.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,810 metres (5,940 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Prhus”
- Description: town municipality in Ahlat, Bitlis, Turkey
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kınalıkoç and Dilburnu.
Kınalıkoç
Village
Kınalıkoç is a village in the Ahlat District of Bitlis Province in Turkey. Kınalıkoç is situated 4 km east of Ovakışla.
Dilburnu
Village
Dilburnu is a village in the Ahlat District of Bitlis Province in Turkey. Dilburnu is situated 5 km west of Ovakışla.
Seyrantepe
Village
Seyrantepe is a village in the Ahlat District of Bitlis Province in Turkey. Seyrantepe is situated 8 km east of Ovakışla.
Ovakışla
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Latitude
38.8215° or 38° 49′ 17″ north
Longitude
42.32345° or 42° 19′ 24″ east
Open location code
8HC4R8CF+H9
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Ovakışla” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Փրխուս”
- Central Kurdish: “پرخووس”
- Chechen: “Овакишла”
- Dutch: “Ovakışla”
- German: “Ovakışla”
- Kurdish: “Pirxûs”
- Russian: “Овакышла”
- Tatar: “Овакышла”
- Turkish: “Ovakışla, Ahlat”
- Turkish: “Ovakışla”
- Turkish: “Purhus” (historical)
- Vietnamese: “Ovakışla, Ahlat”
- Vietnamese: “Ovakışla”
- Western Armenian: “Փրխուս”
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