Baraj

Baraj is a suburb in , and has about 20,400 residents and an elevation of 983 metres. Baraj is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
  • Type: Suburb with 20,400 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Altındağ, Ankara, west-central Turkey
  • Also known as: “Baraj, Altındağ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include A101 and Çubuk-1 Dam.

Supermarket
Yeni Mağazacılık A.Ş. or often shortened as is a Turkish retail company founded in 2008, with their headquarters being located at , .

Dam
Photo: Modern primat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a concrete gravity dam on the Çubuk Stream near in , . It is located 12 km north of the center of and was built to control floods and provide drinking water to the city. is situated 2½ km east of Baraj.

Metro station
Photo: Modern primat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a metro station, which is situated 3 km southwest of Baraj.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pursaklar and Keçiören.

Town
Photo: Melih Rustu CALIKOGL…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality and metropolitan district of , . Its area is 169 km2, and its population is 162,389. It became a town municipality within the district of in 1986. is situated 3 km north of Baraj.

Town
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is a municipality and metropolitan district of , Turkey. Its area is 159 km2, and its population is 939,279. It is a crowded district in the northern part of the city of . is situated 4½ km southwest of Baraj.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 123 km2, and its population is 413,994. It covers the northeastern part of the city of . Its elevation is 900 m. is situated 7 km southwest of Baraj.

Baraj

Latitude
40.01078° or 40° 0′ 39″ north
Longitude
32.9014° or 32° 54′ 5″ east
Population
20,400
Elevation
983 metres (3,225 feet)
Open location code
8GGJ2W62+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4539568691
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11963698
Wiki­data ID
Q25473417
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Baraj” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Baraj”
  • Catalan: “Baraj”
  • Cebuano: “Baraj”
  • Chechen: “Бараж”
  • Czech: “Baraj”
  • Danish: “Baraj”
  • Dutch: “Baraj, Altındağ”
  • Dutch: “Baraj”
  • Finnish: “Baraj”
  • Galician: “Baraj”
  • German: “Baraj”
  • Italian: “Baraj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baraj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baraj”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Baraj”
  • Polish: “Baraj”
  • Portuguese: “Baraj”
  • Romanian: “Baraj”
  • Scots: “Baraj”
  • Slovak: “Baraj”
  • Slovenian: “Baraj”
  • Spanish: “Baraj”
  • Swedish: “Baraj”
  • Tagalog: “Baraj”
  • Tatar: “Бараж”
  • Turkish: “Baraj Mahallesi”
  • Turkish: “Baraj, Altındağ”
  • Turkish: “Baraj”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Baraj”
  • “Baraj”

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