Obruk
Obruk is a village in Karatay, Konya Province and has about 571 residents and an elevation of 999 metres. Obruk is situated nearby to the hamlet Harmançukuru Yaylası, as well as near Pirikuyu Yaylası.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 571 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Karatay, Konya, central Turkey
- Also known as: “Oberuk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kızören Sinkhole and Obruk Han.
Kızören Sinkhole
Cliff
Photo: Volker Höhfeld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kızören Sinkhole, a.k.a. Kızören Obruk or Lake Kızören is a sinkhole containing a karst lake near Konya in the historic Konya vilayet, central Turkey. Kızören Obruğu is situated in the centre of the Central Anatolian steppes, 65 km northeast of the city of Konya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kökez.
Kökez
Village
Kökez is a village in the Eskil District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 528. Kökez is situated 9 km north of Obruk.
Obruk
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Karatay, Konya Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.18398° or 38° 11′ 2″ northLongitude
33.17937° or 33° 10′ 46″ eastPopulation
571Elevation
999 metres (3,278 feet)Open location code
8GCM55MH+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1406773834OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
303732Wikidata ID
Q10802273
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Obruk” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Обрук”
- German: “Obruk”
- Irish: “Obruk”
- Tatar: “Обрук”
- Turkish: “Obruk, Karatay”
- Turkish: “Obruk”
- Vietnamese: “Obruk, Karatay”
- Vietnamese: “Obruk”
- “Obruk”
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