Akören
Akören is a village in Sarıkamış District, Kars Province and has about 329 residents and an elevation of 1,984 metres. Akören is situated nearby to the village Balabantaş, as well as near İsisu.- Type: Village with 329 residents
- Description: village in Sarıkamış, Kars, northeastern Turkey
- Also known as: “Ağviran”, “Akoeren”, “Akveran”, and “Akviran”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yukarıhorum and Dönertaş.
Yukarıhorum
Village
Yukarıhorum is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Horasan, Erzurum Province in Turkey. Its population is 120. Yukarıhorum is situated 7 km south of Akören.
Dönertaş
Village
Dönertaş is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Horasan, Erzurum Province in Turkey. Its population is 130. Dönertaş is situated 9 km southwest of Akören.
Yeniköy
Village
Yeniköy is a village in the Sarıkamış District, Kars Province, Turkey. It was founded in 1878 by Pontic Greek settlers who abandoned the region in 1919. As of 2022 the village had a population of 441 people. Yeniköy is situated 9 km northeast of Akören.
Akören
- Categories: village of Turkey and locality
- Location: Sarıkamış District, Kars Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
40.26511° or 40° 15′ 54″ northLongitude
42.21128° or 42° 12′ 41″ eastPopulation
329Elevation
1,984 metres (6,509 feet)Open location code
8HG47686+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 1493004654OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
752421Wikidata ID
Q11839090
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Vietnamese—“Akören” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Акоьрен”
- German: “Akören”
- Kurdish: “Axwêran, Sarîqamîş”
- Kurdish: “Axwêran”
- Tatar: “Акөрен”
- Turkish: “Akören, Sarıkamış”
- Turkish: “Akören”
- Uzbek: “Akören”
- Vietnamese: “Akören, Sarıkamış”
- Vietnamese: “Akören”
- “Akören”
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