Akçakent
Akçakent is a village in the Aksaray District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 842. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.- Type: Village with 842 residents
- Description: village in central district, Aksaray, central Turkey
- Also known as: “Akcakent”, “Akçakent, Aksaray”, and “Akcakentköyü”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keçikalesi and Karacaören.
Keçikalesi
Village
Keçikalesi is a town in the Altunhisar District, Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,703. Its distance to Altunhisar is 30 kilometres and to Niğde is 70 kilometres. It was declared a seat of township in 1989. Keçikalesi is situated 4 km southeast of Akçakent.
Karacaören
Village
Karacaören is a village in the Aksaray District, Aksaray Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,607. Karacaören is situated 5 km north of Akçakent.
Karakapı
Village
Karakapı, possibly known in antiquity as Mysthia or Mysty, is a town in the Altunhisar District, Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,425. The town is situated in the Central Anatolian plains to the south of Hasandağı volcano. Karakapı is situated 7 km southeast of Akçakent.
Akçakent
- Categories: village of Turkey, town municipality of Turkey, and locality
- Location: Aksaray, Aksaray Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.08447° or 38° 5′ 4″ northLongitude
34.08902° or 34° 5′ 21″ eastPopulation
842Elevation
1,366 metres (4,482 feet)Open location code
8GCP33MQ+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1483135812OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
324928Wikidata ID
Q4702065
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Akçakent” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Акчакент”
- Chinese: “Akçakent”
- Dutch: “Akçakent”
- German: “Akçakent”
- Kurdish: “Akçakent, Aksaray”
- Malay: “Akçakent, Aksaray”
- Malay: “Akçakent”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Akçakent”
- Persian: “اکساکنت، اکسارای”
- Persian: “اکساکنت”
- Tatar: “Акчакент”
- Turkish: “Akçakent, Aksaray”
- Turkish: “Akçakent”
- Uzbek: “Akçakent”
- Vietnamese: “Akçakent, Aksaray”
- Vietnamese: “Akçakent”
- “Akçakent”
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Localities in the Area
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