Kalkankale
Kalkankale is a village in Akyaka District, Kars Province and has about 225 residents and an elevation of 1,473 metres. Kalkankale is situated nearby to the village Çetindurak, as well as near Bayandur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 225 residents
- Description: village in Akyaka, Kars, Turkey
- Also known as: “Kalealtılıknıs”, “Tignis”, “Tignis Kapu”, and “Tiknis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tignis Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bayandur and Yerazgavors.
Bayandur
Village
Photo: Narek75, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bayandur is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 690 in 2010, down from 711 at the 2001 census. Bayandur is situated 4½ km southeast of Kalkankale.
Yerazgavors
Village
Yerazgavors is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. It is named after the historic name of the ancient city of Shirakavan. Yerazgavors is situated 4½ km east of Kalkankale.
Getk
Village
Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Getk is a village in the Akhuryan Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 601 in 2010, up from 574 at the 2001 census. Getk is situated 6 km east of Kalkankale.
Kalkankale
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Akyaka District, Kars Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.71545° or 40° 42′ 56″ northLongitude
43.72161° or 43° 43′ 18″ eastPopulation
225Elevation
1,473 metres (4,833 feet)Open location code
8HG5PP8C+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2702910082OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
744766Wikidata ID
Q10775596
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kalkankale” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Թղնիս”
- Armenian: “Տիգնիս”
- Azerbaijani: “Qalxanqala (Ağyaxa)”
- Azerbaijani: “Qalxanqala”
- Chechen: “Калканкале”
- German: “Kalkankale”
- Russian: “Тихнис”
- Tatar: “Калканкале”
- Turkish: “Kalkankale, Akyaka”
- Turkish: “Kalkankale”
- Vietnamese: “Kalkankale, Akyaka”
- Vietnamese: “Kalkankale”
- “Kalkankale”
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