Başkavak
Başkavak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Hekimhan, Malatya Province in Turkey. It is populated by Turks and had a population of 77 in 2025.- Type: Village with 74 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Hekimhan, Malatya, east-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Baskavak”, “Başkavak, Hekimhan”, “Haman”, and “Maman”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haydaroğlu and Ballıkaya.
Haydaroğlu
Village
Haydaroğlu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Hekimhan, Malatya Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Dirêjan tribe and had a population of 116 in 2025. Haydaroğlu is situated 2½ km southwest of Başkavak.
Ballıkaya
Village
Ballıkaya is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Hekimhan, Malatya Province in Turkey. It is populated by Turks and had a population of 222 in 2025. Ballıkaya is situated 3 km northeast of Başkavak.
İğdir
Village
İğdir is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Hekimhan, Malatya Province in Turkey. It is populated by Turks and had a population of 229 in 2025. İğdir is situated 3½ km northwest of Başkavak.
Başkavak
- Categories: mahalle, village of Turkey, and locality
- Location: Hekimhan İlçesi, Malatya Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.82643° or 38° 49′ 35″ north
Longitude
38.08198° or 38° 4′ 55″ east
Population
74
Elevation
1,275 metres (4,183 feet)
Open location code
8GCWR3GJ+HQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Başkavak” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Başkavak”
- Catalan: “Başkavak”
- Cebuano: “Başkavak”
- Chechen: “Башкавак”
- Czech: “Başkavak”
- Danish: “Başkavak”
- Dutch: “Başkavak”
- Finnish: “Başkavak”
- Galician: “Başkavak”
- German: “Başkavak”
- Irish: “Başkavak”
- Italian: “Başkavak”
- Kurdish: “Mixaîl”
- Kurdish: “Mîxaîl”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Başkavak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Başkavak”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Başkavak”
- Polish: “Başkavak”
- Portuguese: “Başkavak”
- Romanian: “Başkavak”
- Scots: “Başkavak”
- Slovak: “Başkavak”
- Slovenian: “Başkavak”
- Spanish: “Başkavak”
- Swedish: “Başkavak”
- Tagalog: “Başkavak”
- Tatar: “Башкавак (Хекимһан)”
- Tatar: “Башкавак”
- Turkish: “Başkavak, Hekimhan”
- Turkish: “Başkavak”
- Vietnamese: “Başkavak, Hekimhan”
- Vietnamese: “Başkavak”
- Waray (Philippines): “Başkavak”
- “Başkavak”
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