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Van Province
Tuşba

Kalecik

Kalecik is a suburb in , and has about 15,000 residents and an elevation of 1,721 metres. Kalecik is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
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Nearby places include Toprakkale and İpekyolu.

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Rusahinili ", modern , is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of in eastern . The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from , the , and other countries. is situated 6 km southeast of Kalecik.

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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district . is situated 7 km southeast of Kalecik.

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is a city in in Turkey. It's on the eastern shore of Lake near the border with Iran, so for Iranians it's an unlikely Reno, a holiday break from their restrictive theocracy.

Kalecik

Latitude
38.54534° or 38° 32′ 43″ north
Longitude
43.33846° or 43° 20′ 19″ east
Population
15,000
Elevation
1,721 metres (5,646 feet)
Open location code
8HC5G8WQ+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1860375461
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
310767
Wiki­data ID
Q6649171
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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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