Çerkeş
Çerkeş is a town in Çankırı Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çerkeş District. Its population is 9,634. The elevation of the town is 1,133 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 17,800 residents
- Description: district in Çankırı Province, Turkey
- Also known as: “Cerkes”, “Cherkes”, “Cherkesh”, and “Mecidiye”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kiremitçi and Örenköy.
Kiremitçi
Village
Kiremitçi is a village in the Çerkeş District of Çankırı Province in Turkey. Its population is 151. Kiremitçi is situated 2½ km southwest of Çerkeş.
Örenköy
Village
Örenköy is a village in the Çerkeş District of Çankırı Province in Turkey. Its population is 270. Ethnicity of the people in the village is Turkic. Örenköy is situated 3 km south of Çerkeş.
Bozoğlu
Village
Bozoğlu is a village in the Çerkeş District of Çankırı Province in Turkey. Its population is 147. Bozoğlu is situated 4 km southeast of Çerkeş.
Çerkeş
- Category: locality
- Location: Çerkeş İlçesi, Çankırı Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.81132° or 40° 48′ 41″ northLongitude
32.89094° or 32° 53′ 27″ eastPopulation
17,800Elevation
1,133 metres (3,717 feet)Open location code
8GGJRV6R+G9OpenStreetMap ID
node 153259057OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
749279Wikidata ID
Q2248795
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Çerkeş” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جركش”
- Arabic: “جَرْكَش”
- Asturian: “Çerkeş (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Çerkeş”
- Catalan: “Çerkeş”
- Cebuano: “Çerkeş İlçesi”
- Chechen: “Черкеш”
- Chinese: “Çerkeş”
- Chinese: “吉尔吉斯”
- Chinese: “吉爾吉斯”
- Dutch: “Çerkeş”
- French: “Çerkeş”
- Gagauz: “Çerkeş”
- German: “Çerkeş”
- Gilaki: “چرکش”
- Irish: “Çerkeş”
- Italian: “Distretto di Çerkeş”
- Malay: “Çerkeş”
- Mazanderani: “چرکش”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Çerkeş”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Çerkeş”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Çerkeş”
- Norwegian: “Çerkeş”
- Persian: “چرکش”
- Portuguese: “Çerkeş”
- Serbian: “Черкеш”
- Swahili: “Çerkeş”
- Tatar: “Черкеш”
- Turkish: “Çerkeş”
- Urdu: “چرکش”
- Uzbek: “Çerkeş”
- Vietnamese: “Çerkeş”
- Western Mari: “Черкеш”
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