Gövük
Gövük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yazıhan, Malatya Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 343 in 2025.- Type: Village with 314 residents
- Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Yazıhan, Malatya, east-central Turkey
- Also known as: “Aşağı Gövük”, “Aşağı Kovik”, “Goevuek”, and “Gövük, Yazıhan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yazıhan and Boyaca.
Yazıhan
Town
Yazıhan is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 653 km2, and its population is 11,984. The mayor is Abdulvahap Göçer. The municipality is populated by Kurds and Turks. Yazıhan is situated 3½ km west of Gövük.
Boyaca
Village
Boyaca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yazıhan, Malatya Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and Turks and had a population of 277 in 2025. Boyaca is situated 4½ km northeast of Gövük.
Balaban
Village
Balaban is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Yazıhan, Malatya Province in Turkey. It is populated by Turks and had a population of 768 in 2025. Balaban is situated 7 km east of Gövük.
Gövük
- Categories: mahalle and locality
- Location: Yazıhan İlçesi, Malatya Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.58681° or 38° 35′ 13″ northLongitude
38.21904° or 38° 13′ 9″ eastPopulation
314Elevation
750 metres (2,461 feet)Open location code
8GCWH6P9+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1489675687OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
323367Wikidata ID
Q10763759
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Gövük” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Гоьвуьк”
- German: “Gövük”
- Irish: “Gövük”
- Tatar: “Гөвүк (Язиһан)”
- Tatar: “Гөвүк”
- Turkish: “Gövük, Yazıhan”
- Turkish: “Gövük”
- Vietnamese: “Gövük, Yazıhan”
- Vietnamese: “Gövük”
- “Gövük”
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