Turkey
Kars Province
Akyaka District

Akyaka

Akyaka is a town in in eastern . It is the seat of . Its population is 2,026. It is located on Turkey's closed border with . The town is populated by Azerbaijanis and Karapapakhs.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 11,000 residents
  • Description: district and town in Kars province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Akkaya”, “Akyaka, Kars”, “Kizil Cnakh”, “Kızılcakçak”, “Kızılçakçak”, “Şöregel”, “Süregel”, and “Sürgel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Akyaka railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Akyaka station is a station in the town of Akyaka, in northeastern . TCDD Taşımacılık operates a twice-daily regional train from . The station was originally opened in 1899 by the Transcaucasus Railway as Shuregel station, when Akyaka was a part of the Russian Empire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Geçitköy.

Village
is a village in the of , Turkey. The village is located 49 km from Kars city center and 11 km from the district center of Akyaka. is situated 10 km northwest of Akyaka.

Akyaka

Latitude
40.74137° or 40° 44′ 29″ north
Longitude
43.62517° or 43° 37′ 31″ east
Population
11,000
Elevation
1,502 metres (4,928 feet)
Open location code
8HG5PJRG+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130072433
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
752297
Wiki­data ID
Q424414
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Akyaka” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ղզըլ-Չախչախ”
  • Asturian: “Akyaka (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Akyaka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ağyaxa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şörəqel ilçəsi”
  • Cebuano: “Akyaka İlçesi”
  • Chechen: “Акйака”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Akyaka”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Aqyaqa”
  • Dutch: “Akyaka”
  • French: “Akyaka”
  • German: “Akyaka”
  • Greek: “Ακγιάκα”
  • Greek: “Άκγιακα”
  • Hungarian: “Akyaka”
  • Irish: “Akyaka”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Akyaka”
  • Kurdish: “Aqyaka”
  • Kurdish: “Şûrêgel”
  • Malay: “Akyaka (Daerah)”
  • Malay: “Akyaka (District), Kars”
  • Malay: “Akyaka, Kars”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Akyaka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akyaka”
  • Norwegian: “Akyaka”
  • Persian: “اکیاکا، کارس”
  • Russian: “Акъяка”
  • Russian: “Акьяка”
  • Russian: “Кызыл-Чахчах”
  • Scots: “Akyaka, Kars”
  • Scots: “Akyaka”
  • Serbian: “Акјака”
  • Swahili: “Akyaka (District)”
  • Swahili: “Akyaka, Kars”
  • Tatar: “Акьяка”
  • Turkish: “Akyaka, Kars”
  • Turkish: “Akyaka”
  • Ukrainian: “Ак’яка”
  • Urdu: “اکیاکا، قارص”
  • Urdu: “اکیاکا”
  • Vietnamese: “Akyaka”
  • Western Mari: “Акьяка”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع اکیاکا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Akyaka”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.