Ongun

Ongun is a village in , and has about 329 residents and an elevation of 2,177 metres. Ongun is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .
  • Type: Village with 329 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Gürpınar, Van, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Akhasam” and “Axhisam”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zernek.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 122. The village became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century and was invaded by the Russian Empire during the First World War. is situated 9 km south of Ongun.

Ongun

Latitude
38.42464° or 38° 25′ 29″ north
Longitude
43.66686° or 43° 40′ 1″ east
Population
329
Elevation
2,177 metres (7,142 feet)
Open location code
8HC5CMF8+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1449289713
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6969405
Wiki­data ID
Q6582798
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Ongun” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ongun”
  • Catalan: “Ongun”
  • Cebuano: “Ongun”
  • Chechen: “Онгун”
  • Czech: “Ongun”
  • Danish: “Ongun”
  • Dutch: “Ongun”
  • Finnish: “Ongun”
  • Galician: “Ongun”
  • German: “Ongun”
  • Irish: “Ongun”
  • Italian: “Ongun”
  • Kurdish: “Axsam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ongun”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ongun”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ongun”
  • Polish: “Ongun”
  • Portuguese: “Ongun”
  • Romanian: “Ongun”
  • Russian: “Онгун (Гурпинар)”
  • Scots: “Ongun”
  • Slovak: “Ongun”
  • Slovenian: “Ongun”
  • Spanish: “Ongun”
  • Swedish: “Ongun”
  • Tagalog: “Ongun”
  • Tatar: “Онгун”
  • Turkish: “Ongun, Gürpınar”
  • Turkish: “Ongun”
  • Vietnamese: “Ongun, Gürpınar”
  • Vietnamese: “Ongun”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ongun”
  • “Ongun”

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