Zilkale
Zilkale is a village in Çamlıhemşin District, Rize Province and has about 47 residents and an elevation of 901 metres. Zilkale is situated nearby to the village Şenköy, as well as near the hamlet Gito Yaylası.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 47 residents
- Description: village in Çamlıhemşin, Rize, northeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Kolana” and “Kolona”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zilkale and palovit falls.
Zilkale
Photo: Hamdigumus, CC0.
Zilkale is a medieval castle located in the Fırtına Valley within the Pontic Mountains, and is one of the most important historical structures in the Çamlıhemşin district of Rize Province, within the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Zilkale is situated 4 km north of Zilkale.
palovit falls
Waterfall
Photo: BSRF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
palovit falls is a waterfall, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Zilkale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çatköy and Yaylaköy.
Çatköy
Village
Photo: Engin Tavlı, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Çatköy is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Zilkale.
Yaylaköy
Village
Photo: Mustafa Orhon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yaylaköy is a village, which is situated 9 km southeast of Zilkale.
Zilkale
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Çamlıhemşin District, Rize Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.92605° or 40° 55′ 34″ northLongitude
40.95437° or 40° 57′ 16″ eastPopulation
47Elevation
901 metres (2,956 feet)Open location code
8HG2WXG3+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1497163722OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
737051Wikidata ID
Q6499971
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yoruba—“Zilkale” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Zilkale”
- Catalan: “Zilkale”
- Cebuano: “Zilkale”
- Chechen: “Зилкале”
- Czech: “Zilkale”
- Danish: “Zilkale”
- Dutch: “Zilkale”
- Finnish: “Zilkale”
- French: “Zilkale”
- Galician: “Zilkale”
- Georgian: “ზილქალე (ჩამლიჰემშინის რაიონი)”
- Georgian: “ზილქალე”
- German: “Zilkale”
- Indonesian: “Zilkale”
- Italian: “Zilkale”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zilkale”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zilkale”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Zilkale”
- Polish: “Zilkale”
- Portuguese: “Zilkale”
- Romanian: “Zilkale”
- Scots: “Zilkale”
- Slovak: “Zilkale”
- Slovenian: “Zilkale”
- Spanish: “Zilkale”
- Swedish: “Zilkale”
- Tagalog: “Zilkale”
- Tatar: “Зилкале”
- Turkish: “Zilkale, Çamlıhemşin”
- Turkish: “Zilkale”
- Vietnamese: “Zilkale, Çamlıhemşin”
- Vietnamese: “Zilkale”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zilkale”
- Yoruba: “Zilkale”
- “Zilkale”
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Localities in the Area
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