Alaca Höyük

Alacahöyük or Alaca Höyük is the site of a Neolithic and Hittite settlement and is an important archaeological site. It is situated near the village of in the Alaca District of , , northeast of , where the ancient capital city of the Hittite Empire was situated.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Hittite site in northern Turkey
  • Also known as: Alacahöyük”, “Alacahueyuek Milli Parki”, and “Alacahüyük Milli Parkı

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alacahüyük and Küçükkeşlik.

Village
is a village in the Alaca District of in Turkey. Its population is 250. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a township.

Village
is a village in the Alaca District of in Turkey. Its population is 60. is situated 5 km northwest of Alaca Höyük.

Village
, formerly Karahisar, is a village in the Alaca District of in Turkey. Its population is 102. The village is predominantly populated by ethnic Circassians from the Abdzakh tribe. is situated 5 km north of Alaca Höyük.

Alaca Höyük

Latitude
40.23455° or 40° 14′ 4″ north
Longitude
34.69505° or 34° 41′ 42″ east
Elevation
1,131 metres (3,711 feet)
Open location code
8GGP6MMW+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171691586
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­mound
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7752545
Wiki­data ID
Q558861
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Alaca Höyük” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ألاجا هويوك
  • Azerbaijani: Alacahöyük
  • Basque: Alaça Hüyük
  • Basque: Alacahöyük
  • Bulgarian: Аладжа-Хююк
  • Catalan: Alaca Höyük
  • Cebuano: Alacahüyük Milli Parkı
  • Dutch: Alaca Höyük
  • Dutch: Alacahoyuk
  • Dutch: Alacahöyük
  • Finnish: Alaca Hüyük
  • Finnish: Alaça Hüyük
  • Finnish: Alacahöyük
  • French: Alaca Höyük
  • French: Alaca Hüyük
  • French: Alacahoyuk
  • French: Alacahöyük
  • French: AlacaHöyük
  • French: Alacahüyük
  • German: Alaca Höyük
  • German: Alaca Hüyük
  • German: Alacahöyük
  • Hebrew: אלג’הויוק
  • Hungarian: Alaca Höyük
  • Hungarian: Alaca Hüyük
  • Indonesian: Alaca Höyük
  • Italian: Alaca Höyük
  • Italian: Alacahöyük
  • Japanese: アラジャ・ホユック
  • Japanese: アラジャホユック
  • Japanese: アラジャホユック遺跡
  • Korean: 알라카회위크
  • Korean: 알리샤르 회위크
  • Korean: 알리샤르 휘위크
  • Mongolian: Алажа Хююк
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alaca Hüyük
  • Norwegian: Alaca Höyük
  • Persian: آلاجه‌هویوق
  • Persian: آلاکا هیوک
  • Russian: Аладжа-Гуюк
  • Russian: Аладжа-Хуюк
  • Russian: Аладжа-Хююк
  • Russian: Аладжахёюк
  • Russian: Алака-Хююк
  • Spanish: Alaca Höyük
  • Spanish: Alaca Huyuk
  • Spanish: Alacahoyuk
  • Spanish: Alacahöyük
  • Swedish: Alaca Höyük
  • Turkish: Alaca Höyük
  • Turkish: Alacahöyük
  • Turkish: Arinna
  • Ukrainian: Аладжа-Хююк
  • Urdu: آلاجا ہوئیوک
  • Uzbek: Alajaxyoyuk
  • Western Mari: Аладжахӧйӱк
  • Alacahoeyuek
  • Alacahoyuk
  • Alacahöyük

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