Balçova Dam

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Wikipedia
Photo: Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam
  • Also known as: “Balcova Baraji” and “Balçova Barajı”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Balçova Campus, İzmir University of Economics and Dokuz Eylül University Hospital.

University
Photo: İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2 km north of Balçova Dam.

Hospital
Photo: Satirdan kahraman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2½ km north of Balçova Dam.

Metro station
Photo: Cmtrk35, CC BY 4.0.
is an underground station on the M1 Line of the İzmir Metro in . Located under Mithatpaşa Avenue, it has one island platform servicing two tracks. is situated 2½ km north of Balçova Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hatay and Karataş.

Quarter
İzmir is the third most populous city in , after and . It is on the coast of , and is the capital of . is situated 7 km northeast of Balçova Dam.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a neighborhood of , , within the boundaries of the city's central metropolitan district of Konak. The neighborhood no longer has an official delimitation or status and exists as a notional zone that is admitted to stretch along the small cove of the same name in the . is situated 8 km northeast of Balçova Dam.

Town
Photo: ümit tomar, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 89 km2, and its population is 479,338. It is the second biggest district of İzmir Province as terms of population. is situated 9 km east of Balçova Dam.

Balçova Dam

Latitude
38.37345° or 38° 22′ 24″ north
Longitude
27.03856° or 27° 2′ 19″ east
Elevation
123 metres (404 feet)
Height
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
8GC992FQ+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 181085753
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­dam
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
9888632
Wiki­data ID
Q1090504
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Balçova Dam” goes by many names.

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