Ortahisar

Ortahisar, previously known by its Byzantine name Potamía, is a town in the , , Turkey. Its population is 3,086. Ortahisar is located about 20 km east of the provincial capital, .
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  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,208 metres (3,963 feet)
  • …is also known as “Ortahisar, Nevşehir”
  • Description: town municipality in Ürgüp, Nevşehir province, Turkey
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ortahisar Castle and Göreme Open Air Museum.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Museum
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Göreme is a district of the in . is situated 2½ km northwest of Ortahisar.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Göreme and Ürgüp.

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is a town in the region of Turkey, with a population of 2034 in 2022.

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is a town in in central Turkey…

Village
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, formerly known as Sinasos, is a town… is situated 5 km southeast of Ortahisar.

Ortahisar

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Latitude
38.62146° or 38° 37′ 17″ north
Longitude
34.86516° or 34° 51′ 55″ east
Open location code
8GCPJVC8+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 88129940
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
303332
Wiki­data ID
Q1278352

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ortahisar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أورطة حصار”
  • Bulgarian: “Ортахисар”
  • Catalan: “Ortahisar”
  • Chechen: “ОртахӀисар”
  • Dutch: “Ortahisar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اورطة حصار”
  • French: “Ortahisar”
  • German: “Ortahisar”
  • Hungarian: “Ortahisar”
  • Ido: “Ortahisar (Nevşehir)”
  • Ido: “Ortahisar”
  • Italian: “Ortahisar”
  • Portuguese: “Ortahisar”
  • Swedish: “Ortahisar, Nevşehir”
  • Swedish: “Ortahisar”
  • Tatar: “Ортахисар”
  • Turkish: “Ortahisar, Nevşehir”
  • Turkish: “Ortahisar, Ürgüp”
  • Turkish: “Ortahisar”
  • Urdu: “نیوشہر، اورتا حصار”
  • Vietnamese: “Ortahisar, Ürgüp”
  • Vietnamese: “Ortahisar”

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