Başkale
Başkale is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,727 km2, and its population is 44,168. The municipality Başkale was established in 1937.- Town with about 52,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,320 metres (7,610 feet)
- Description: district of Van, eastern Turkey
- Also known as“Bash Kaleh”“Bashkala”“Başkale district”“Elbek”“Ադամակերտ”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Güroluk.
Güroluk
Village
Güroluk is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Başkale, Van Province, Turkey.
4½ km north of Başkale
Başkale
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Latitude
38.04491° or 38° 2′ 42″ north
Longitude
44.01627° or 44° 0′ 59″ east
Open location code
8HC622V8+XG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Başkale” goes by many names.
باش قلعةArabic
ԱդամակերտArmenian
ԲաշկալեArmenian
ՀադամակերտArmenian
BaşkaleAsturian
Başkale (distritu)Asturian
BashkaleCatalan
BaşkaleCatalan
ElbakCatalan
HadamakertCatalan
Başkale İlçesiCebuano
ئەلباکCentral Kurdish
БашкалеChechen
巴什卡莱Chinese
巴什卡萊Chinese
ElbakDimli (individual language)
BaşkaleDutch
باش قلعهEgyptian Arabic
BaşkaleEsperanto
ElbekEsperanto
ԱդամակերտEsperanto
BaşkaleGagauz
باشقلعهGilaki
BaşkaleIdo
BaşkaleIndonesian
BaşkaleIrish
Distretto di BaşkaleItalian
BaşkaleKurdish
ElbakKurdish
BaşkaleMalay
باشقلعهMazanderani
BaşkaleMin Nan Chinese
BaşkaleNorwegian
BaşkaleNorwegian Bokmål
BaşkaleNorwegian Nynorsk
آلباق (historical)Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
باش قلعهOttoman Turkish (1500-1928)
باشقلعهPersian
BaşkalePolish
АдамакертRussian
БашкалаRussian
БашкалеRussian
Атамагерд (historical)Serbian
БашкалеSerbian
باش قالاSouth Azerbaijani
BaşkaleSwahili
БашкалеTatar
BaşkaleTurkish
Başkale, VanTurkish
باش قلعہUrdu
BaşkaleUzbek
BaşkaleVietnamese
БашкалеWestern Mari
ضلع باشکالےWestern Panjabi
Adamakert
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