Turkey
Kahramanmaraş Province
Afşin İlçesi

Altınelma

Altınelma is a village of about 1700 people in Turkey. The Afşin-Elbistan power stations are nearby and according to Greenpeace this is why many people complain of asthma.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 1,870 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Afşin, Kahramanmaraş, southern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Altinelma”, “Altunelma”, “Incirli”, “Lorşin”, and “Lorşun”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanır.

Village
Photo: Isimon49, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Altınelma.

Altınelma

Latitude
38.36737° or 38° 22′ 3″ north
Longitude
36.87399° or 36° 52′ 26″ east
Population
1,870
Elevation
1,265 metres (4,150 feet)
Open location code
8GCR9V8F+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1417830102
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
323929
Wiki­data ID
Q10732273
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In Other Languages

From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Altınelma” goes by many names.
  • Chechen: “Алтинелма (Афшин)”
  • Chechen: “Алтинелма”
  • Dutch: “Altınelma”
  • German: “Altınelma”
  • Hausa: “Altınelma”
  • Irish: “Altınelma”
  • Kurdish: “Lorsûn”
  • Turkish: “Altınelma, afşin”
  • Turkish: “Altınelma, Afşin”
  • Turkish: “Altınelma”
  • Vietnamese: “Altınelma, Afşin”
  • Vietnamese: “Altınelma”
  • “Altınelma”

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