Turkey
Ardahan Province
Posof

Alabalık

Alabalık is a village in the Posof District, , . Its population is 109. The former name of Alabalık village was Saikhve. Saikhve, a Georgian place name, is derived from the word "ikhv"’ and means "duck farm" or "place where ducks are raised".
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  • Type: Village with 109 residents
  • Description: village in Posof, Ardahan, northeastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Alabalık, Posof”, “Saihv”, “Saihve”, “Sayho”, “Sayohe”, and “Sayuhe”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Queli.

Castle
Q'ueli or Q'uelis-tsikhe was a medieval fortress atop the homonymous mountain of the Arsiani Range, now within the boundaries of , where it is known as Kol Kalesi or Kuvel Kalesi. is situated 2½ km northeast of Alabalık.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaleönü and Kolköy.

Village
is a village in the Posof District, , . Its population is 89. is situated 2½ km northeast of Alabalık.

Village
is a village in the Posof District, , . Its population is 186. is situated 2½ km north of Alabalık.

Village
is a village in the Posof District, , . Its population is 134. is situated 2½ km east of Alabalık.

Alabalık

Latitude
41.42099° or 41° 25′ 16″ north
Longitude
42.61579° or 42° 36′ 57″ east
Population
109
Elevation
1,988 metres (6,522 feet)
Open location code
8HH4CJC8+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1355222945
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7510364
Wiki­data ID
Q4705153
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In Other Languages

From Chechen to Yoruba—“Alabalık” goes by many names.
  • Chechen: “Алабалик”
  • Chinese: “Alabalık”
  • Dutch: “Alabalık, Posof”
  • Georgian: “ალაბალიქი”
  • German: “Alabalik”
  • German: “Alabalık”
  • Hungarian: “Alabalık”
  • Malay: “Alabalık, Posof”
  • Malay: “Alabalık”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alabalık”
  • Persian: “الابالیک، پوساف”
  • Russian: “Саихве”
  • Tatar: “Алабалык”
  • Turkish: “Alabalık, Posof”
  • Turkish: “Alabalık”
  • Uzbek: “Alabalık”
  • Vietnamese: “Alabalık, Posof”
  • Vietnamese: “Alabalık”
  • Yoruba: “Alabalık”
  • “Alabalık”

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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 “Alabalık”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.