Middle East
Turkey
Erzurum Province

Palandöken

Palandöken is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 667 km2, and its population is 177,374. It covers the southern part of the urban area of .
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  • Type: Town with 168,000 residents
  • Description: district of Erzurum, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Palandoeken”, “Palandöken district”, and “Palandöken, Erzurum”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yakutiye Medrese and Grand Mosque of Erzurum.

Museum
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yakutiye Madrasa is a historical 14th-century Madrasa in , . The madrasa was built in 1310 by order of a local governor of the Ilkhanids, Hoca Yakut, and it is named after him.

Mosque
Photo: Eğitmen Mahmut, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an historic mosque in , Turkey. It is also called "Atabey Mosque" because the Saltukids were referred to as the “Atabey”.

Museum
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Erzurum and Yakutiye.

Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the largest cities in , with a population of about 363,000 in 2023, half that of Province. It's at high altitude and has a ski resort.

Town
Photo: EROL AKBULUT, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 945 km2, and its population is 190,373. It covers the central and northern part of the urban area of . is situated 3½ km north of Palandöken.

Palandöken

Latitude
39.887° or 39° 53′ 13″ north
Longitude
41.2706° or 41° 16′ 14″ east
Population
168,000
Elevation
2,366 metres (7,762 feet)
Open location code
8HF3V7PC+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4956178015
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9565016
Wiki­data ID
Q1004488
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Palandöken” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالاندوكين”
  • Armenian: “Փալանթյոքեն”
  • Asturian: “Palandöken (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Palandöken”
  • Cebuano: “Palandöken”
  • Chechen: “Паландоькен”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Palandöken”
  • French: “Palandöken”
  • Georgian: “ფალანდიოქენი”
  • German: “Palandöken”
  • Irish: “Palandöken”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Palandöken”
  • Kurdish: “Paletonk, Erzîrom”
  • Kurdish: “Paletonk”
  • Kurdish: “Rizde”
  • Lak: “Паландоькен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palandöken”
  • Norwegian: “Palandöken”
  • Persian: “پالاندوکن”
  • Serbian: “Паландокен”
  • Tatar: “Паландөкен”
  • Turkish: “Palandöken”
  • Vietnamese: “Palandöken”
  • Western Mari: “Паландӧкен”
  • “Palandöken ilçesi”

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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 “Palandöken”. Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.