Kalecik
Kalecik is a suburb in Tuşba, Van Province and has an elevation of 1,721 metres. Kalecik is situated nearby to the suburb Şemsibey, as well as near İskele.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toprakkale and İpekyolu.
Toprakkale
Locality
Photo: EvgenyGenkin, CC BY 2.5.
Rusahinili ", modern Toprakkale, is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of Van in eastern Turkey. The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from Germany, the United Kingdom, and other countries. Toprakkale is situated 6 km southeast of Kalecik.
İpekyolu
Town
İpekyolu is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046. The district İpekyolu was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district Tuşba. İpekyolu is situated 7 km southeast of Kalecik.
Van
Photo: Bahoz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Van is a city in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. For Turks from the other regions of Turkey, it has a surprising beach resort feel in an area where their country is farthest from the sea.
Kalecik
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb in Tuşba, Van Province, Turkey
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Tuşba, Van Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
38.54534° or 38° 32′ 43″ northLongitude
43.33846° or 43° 20′ 19″ eastElevation
1,721 metres (5,646 feet)Open location code
8HC5G8WQ+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 1860375461OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yoruba—“Kalecik” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լեզք”
- Basque: “Kalecik”
- Catalan: “Kalecik”
- Cebuano: “Kalecik”
- Chechen: “Каледжик”
- Czech: “Kalecik”
- Danish: “Kalecik”
- Dutch: “Kalecik”
- Finnish: “Kalecik”
- French: “Kalecik”
- German: “Kalecik”
- Indonesian: “Kalecik”
- Italian: “Kalecik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalecik”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalecik”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Kalecik”
- Polish: “Kalecik”
- Portuguese: “Kalecik”
- Romanian: “Kalecik”
- Slovak: “Kalecik”
- Slovenian: “Kalecik”
- Spanish: “Kalecik”
- Swedish: “Kalecik”
- Tagalog: “Kalecik”
- Tatar: “Калеҗик”
- Turkish: “Kalecik, Tuşba”
- Turkish: “Kalecik, Van”
- Turkish: “Kalecik”
- Vietnamese: “Kalecik, Tuşba”
- Vietnamese: “Kalecik”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kalecik”
- Yoruba: “Kalecik”
- “Kalecik”
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