Çikan

Çikan is a village in the Yayladere District, , . The village is populated by Kurds of the Seter tribe and had a population of 66 in 2021. The hamlets of Bakımlı, Eğrice, Halil and Yıldızlı are attached to the village.
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  • Type: Village with 84 residents
  • Description: village in Yayladere, Bingöl, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: Çikan, Yayladere” and “Hoh

Places of Interest

Highlights include Özlüce Dam.

Dam
is a rock-fill embankment dam on the , located 10 km south of in , . Its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation and is the third dam in the Peri River cascade. is situated 3½ km south of Çikan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aydınlar and Yaylabağ.

Village
is a village in the Yayladere District, , . The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 47 in 2021.

Village
is a village in the Yayladere District, , . The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 16 in 2021. The hamlet of Karadiken is attached to the village. is situated 3 km northeast of Çikan.

Village
is a village in the Karakoçan District of in Turkey. Its population is 24. The village is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe. is situated 4 km south of Çikan.

Çikan

Latitude
39.15958° or 39° 9′ 35″ north
Longitude
40.0785° or 40° 4′ 43″ east
Population
84
Elevation
1,389 metres (4,557 feet)
Open location code
8HF2535H+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1495488274
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
311980
Wiki­data ID
Q1253685
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Çikan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جيقان
  • Chechen: Чикан
  • Dutch: Doğucak
  • German: Çikan
  • German: Dogucak
  • German: Doğucak
  • Kurdish: Çikan
  • Turkish: Çikan
  • Turkish: Doğucak, Yayladere
  • Uzbek: Chikan
  • Vietnamese: Doğucak, Yayladere
  • Vietnamese: Doğucak
  • Çikan

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Çikan”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.