Turkey
Nevşehir Province
Derinkuyu District

Derinkuyu

Derinkuyu is a town in in the Central Anatolia region of . It is the seat of . Its population is 10,912. The elevation is 1,333 m.
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  • Type: Town with 12,400 residents
  • Description: district of Nevşehir, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Malakopaia”, “Malakopi”, “Melegob”, “Melegobi”, “Melegöbü”, and “Melegübü”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Derinkuyu Underground City and Saint Theodore Church.

Cave
Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Derinkuyu also known as Elengubu, is an ancient multi-level underground city near the modern town of Derinkuyu in , Turkey, extending to a depth of approximately 85 metres.

Church
Photo: Chanilim714, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suvermez and Kiledere.

Village
Photo: Sabri76, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km west of Derinkuyu.

Village
is a town in the Niğde District, , . Its population is 5,469. is situated 8 km southwest of Derinkuyu.

Village
Photo: Sabri76, CC0.
is a town in the , , Turkey. Its population is 3,733. is situated 9 km southwest of Derinkuyu.

Derinkuyu

Latitude
38.37439° or 38° 22′ 28″ north
Longitude
34.73362° or 34° 44′ 1″ east
Population
12,400
Elevation
1,354 metres (4,442 feet)
Open location code
8GCP9PFM+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 87829487
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
316877
Wiki­data ID
Q28076908
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Derinkuyu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ديرنكويو”
  • Asturian: “Derinkuyu (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Derinkuyu”
  • Basque: “Derinkuyu”
  • Catalan: “Derinkuyu”
  • Cebuano: “Derinkuyu”
  • Chechen: “Деринкуйу”
  • Chinese: “Derinkuyu”
  • Chinese: “代林库尤”
  • Chinese: “代林庫尤”
  • Croatian: “Derinkuyu”
  • Dutch: “Derinkuyu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ديرنكويو”
  • Esperanto: “Derinkuyu”
  • French: “Derinkuyu”
  • Gagauz: “Derinkuyu”
  • German: “Derinkuyu”
  • Gilaki: “درين‌کۊيۊ”
  • Greek: “Μαλακοπή Καππαδοκίας”
  • Greek: “Μαλακοπή”
  • Hungarian: “Derinkuyu”
  • Indonesian: “Derinkuyu”
  • Italian: “Derinkuyu”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Derinkuyu”
  • Japanese: “デリンクユ”
  • Kashmiri: “دیٚرِنکویوٗ”
  • Korean: “데린쿠유”
  • Lithuanian: “Derinkuju”
  • Malay: “Derinkuyu”
  • Mazanderani: “درین‌کویو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Derinkuyu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Derinkuyu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Derinkuyu”
  • Norwegian: “Derinkuyu”
  • Persian: “درین‌کویو”
  • Polish: “Derinkuyu”
  • Portuguese: “Derinkuyu”
  • Russian: “Деринкую”
  • Serbian: “Деринкују”
  • Slovenian: “Derinkuyu”
  • Spanish: “Derinkuyu”
  • Swahili: “Derinkuyu”
  • Swedish: “Derinkuyu”
  • Tatar: “Деринкую”
  • Thai: “เดริงคูยู”
  • Turkish: “Derinkuyu”
  • Ukrainian: “Дерінкую”
  • Urdu: “درینکویو”
  • Vietnamese: “Derinkuyu”
  • Western Mari: “Деринкую”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع دیرنکیو”

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