Alaçam

Alaçam is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 598 km2, and its population is 24,647. Scholars believe that Alaçam is the site of the ancient city of Zaliche or Zaliches.
  • Town with 24,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 45 metres (148 feet)
  • Description: ilçe (district), administrative county of Samsun, northern Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Alaçam district”
    “Alacham”
    “Zalecus”
    “Zaliscus”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yakakent.
is a municipality and district of , . is situated 6 km northwest of Alaçam.

Alaçam

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Latitude
41.60686° or 41° 36′ 25″ north
Longitude
35.59733° or 35° 35′ 50″ east
Open location code
8GHQJH4W+PW
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Alaçam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألاجام”
  • Arabic: “أَلَاجَام”
  • Armenian: “Ալաչամ”
  • Asturian: “Alaçam (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Alaçam”
  • Bavarian: “Alaçam”
  • Cebuano: “Alaçam İlçesi”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئالاچام”
  • Chechen: “Алачам”
  • Chinese: “阿拉恰姆”
  • Dutch: “Alaçam”
  • French: “Alaçam”
  • Gagauz: “Alaçam”
  • German: “Alaçam”
  • Gilaki: “آلاچام”
  • Irish: “Alaçam”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Alaçam”
  • Lithuanian: “Alačamas”
  • Malay: “Alaçam”
  • Mazanderani: “آلاچام”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alaçam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alaçam”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alaçam”
  • Norwegian: “Alaçam”
  • Persian: “آلاچام”
  • Persian: “الاچام”
  • Pontic: “Αλατσάμ”
  • Pontic: “Αλατςάμ”
  • Russian: “Алачам”
  • Serbian: “Алачам”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلاچام”
  • Swahili: “Alaçam”
  • Tatar: “Алачам”
  • Turkish: “Alaçam”
  • Urdu: “الاچام”
  • Vietnamese: “Alaçam”
  • Western Mari: “Алачам”
  • Western Panjabi: “الاچام”

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