Nişankaya
Nişankaya is a village in the Kovancılar District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 81.- Type: Village with 76 residents
- Description: village in Kovancılar, Elazığ, eastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Nisankaya” and “Nişankaya, Kovancılar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tatar Dam.
Tatar Dam
Industrial building
The Tatar Dam is an earth-fill dam on the Peri River, near the village of Tatarköy in Kovancılar district of Elazığ Province, Turkey. Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the sixth and last dam in the Peri River cascade, before Lake Keban.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tatar and Çiftlik.
Tatar
Village
Tatar or Tatarköy is a village in the Kovancılar District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Izol tribe and had a population of 17 in 2021.
Çiftlik
Village
Çiftlik is a village in the Kovancılar District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 25.
Karsan
Village
Karsan is a village in the Mazgirt District, Tunceli Province, Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Hormek tribe and had a population of 131 in 2021. The hamlet of Baltacık is attached to the village. Karsan is situated 3 km southwest of Nişankaya.
Nişankaya
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Kovancılar District, Elazığ, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.85288° or 38° 51′ 10″ north
Longitude
39.81177° or 39° 48′ 42″ east
Population
76
Elevation
944 metres (3,097 feet)
Open location code
8GCXVR36+5P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Nişankaya” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Нишанкайа”
- Dutch: “Nişankaya”
- German: “Nişankaya”
- Kurdish: “Loxmar”
- Tatar: “Нишанкая”
- Turkish: “Loğmar”
- Turkish: “Nişankaya, Kovancılar”
- Turkish: “Nişankaya”
- Uzbek: “Nişankaya”
- Vietnamese: “Nişankaya, Kovancılar”
- Vietnamese: “Nişankaya”
- “Nişankaya”
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