Akalan

Akalan is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds and had a population of 1,590 in 2022.
  • Village with about 1,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 770 metres (2,520 feet)
  • …is also known as “Akalan, Eğil”
  • …was formerly known as “Paşiyan”
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Eğil, Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey

Places of Interest

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Dam
is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of .
3½ km northwest of Akalan

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tepecik and Selman.
Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey.
2½ km north of Akalan
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey.
3 km west of Akalan
Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in Turkey.
3 km east of Akalan
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Latitude
38.2052° or 38° 12′ 19″ north
Longitude
40.2012° or 40° 12′ 4″ east
Open location code
8HC26642+3F
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = village
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Akalan” goes by many names.
AkalanBasque
AkalanCatalan
AkalanCebuano
АкаланChechen
AkalanCzech
AkalanDanish
AkalanDutch
AkalanFinnish
AkalanGalician
AkalanIndonesian
AkalanIrish
AkalanItalian
SilêmananKurdish
AkalanNorwegian Bokmål
AkalanNorwegian Nynorsk
AkalanOccitan (post 1500)
AkalanPolish
AkalanRomanian
AkalanScots
AkalanSlovak
AkalanSlovenian
AkalanSwedish
AkalanTagalog
АкаланTatar
Акалан (Эгыйль)Tatar
AkalanTurkish
Akalan, EğilTurkish
AkalanUzbek
AkalanVietnamese
Akalan, EğilVietnamese
AkalanWaray (Philippines)

Localities in the Area

“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

Southeastern Anatolia: Highlights

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