Kültepe

Kültepe, ancient name Kaneš or Neša, was a Bronze Age settlement and trading center on the Central Anatolian plateau in modern . It was a major settlement in the early 3rd millennium, and is particularly renowned for its regional importance in the early 2nd millennium.
  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,080 metres (3,540 feet)
  • Description: important Bronze Age administrative center in Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Aniša”
    “Anisha”
    “Kaneš”
    “Kanesh”
    “Kaniš”
    “Karum Kaneş”
    “Kueltepe”
    “Nēša”
    “Nesha”
    “Nessa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Gömeç railway station.
Railway station
2 km southeast of Kültepe

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koramaz Valley and Ağırnas.
Locality
is a valley located in the province of .
7 km southeast of Kültepe
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , .
8 km southeast of Kültepe
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Latitude
38.85061° or 38° 51′ 2″ north
Longitude
35.63457° or 35° 38′ 4″ east
Open location code
8GCQVJ2M+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Akkadian to Urdu—“Kültepe” goes by many names.
Kaneš (historical)Akkadian
ካነሽAmharic
كولتبهArabic
KültepeAsturian
KültepeBasque
Кюльтэпэ-КанішBelarusian
KültepeBreton
KültepeCatalan
灰山Chinese
KaneshDanish
KültepeDutch
كولتبهEgyptian Arabic
KültepeGalician
ქანესიGeorgian
קילטפהHebrew
कुलतेपेHindi
नेशाHindi
KültepeHungarian
KültepeIndonesian
KültepeIrish
KanešItalian
KaneshItalian
カネシュJapanese
キュルテペJapanese
キュルテペ遺跡Japanese
퀼테페Korean
KanešasLithuanian
KanesjNorwegian
KaneshNorwegian Bokmål
کول‌تپهPersian
کول‌تپه، ترکیهPersian
KaneszPolish
KaniszPolish
NesaPolish
КанишRussian
KültepeSerbo-Croatian
KültepeSlovenian
KültepeSwahili
KaneshSwedish
KanešTurkish
KaneshTurkish
KanişTurkish
KarahöyükTurkish
KültepeTurkish
NešaTurkish
КанішUkrainian
کولتپہUrdu

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