Elazığ

Elazığ is a city in the mountains of , at an altitude of 1067 m and with a population of 387,072 in 2022. Although the railway and main eastern highway pass through, it's almost an island, as huge modern reservoir lakes surround it.
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  • Type: City with 579,000 residents
  • Description: central district and city in Elazığ Province, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Elaziz”, “Elâzığ”, “Elazığ City”, “Elâzız”, “Harput”, “Mamuretülaziz”, and “Mezreh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include İzzet Pasha Mosque and Elazığ railway station.

Mosque
Photo: Kpisimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The İzzet Paşa Mosque is a in Elazığ, It is on Gazi Paşa boulevard of Elazığ. The commissioner of the mosque was Hacı Ahmet İzzet Pasha, the governor of Elazığ during the Ottoman Empire era.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Elazığ station is a railway station in the city of Elazığ, . TCDD Taşımacılık operates two intercity trains to or , and as well as one regional train to .

Ruins
Photo: Perencal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The historical is an located in the centre of the town of Elazığ, next to Kharpert. After being abandoned due to the Armenian genocide, it has been used as a public toilet.

Elazığ

Latitude
38.6747° or 38° 40′ 29″ north
Longitude
39.2227° or 39° 13′ 22″ east
Population
579,000
Elevation
1,062 metres (3,484 feet)
IATA airport code
EZS
United Nations Location Code
TR EZS
Open location code
8GCXM6FF+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26486523
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
315808
Wiki­data ID
Q174060
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Elazığ” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ellazë”
  • Amharic: “ኢላዚግ”
  • Arabic: “العزيز”
  • Arabic: “خربوت”
  • Arabic: “معمورة العزيز”
  • Armenian: “Խարբերդ”
  • Armenian: “Մեզերե”
  • Armenian: “Մեզիրե”
  • Asturian: “Elazığ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Elazığ”
  • Belarusian: “Элязыг”
  • Bengali: “এলাজ”
  • Bengali: “এলাজিগ”
  • Breton: “Elazig”
  • Breton: “Elazığ”
  • Bulgarian: “Елязъг”
  • Bulgarian: “Елязъъ”
  • Bulgarian: “Карпут”
  • Bulgarian: “Харпут”
  • Catalan: “Elazig”
  • Catalan: “Elazığ”
  • Catalan: “Elâzığ”
  • Cebuano: “Elazığ”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلعەزیز”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەلەزیز”
  • Central Kurdish: “خارپێت”
  • Chechen: “ЭлаьзигӀ”
  • Chinese: “Elazığ”
  • Chinese: “埃拉泽”
  • Chinese: “埃拉泽省”
  • Chinese: “埃拉澤”
  • Czech: “Elazig”
  • Czech: “Elazığ”
  • Czech: “Elâzığ”
  • Danish: “Elazig”
  • Danish: “Elazığ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xarpêt”
  • Dutch: “Elazig”
  • Dutch: “Elaziğ”
  • Dutch: “Elazığ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معموره العزيز”
  • Esperanto: “Elazig”
  • Esperanto: “Elazığ”
  • Finnish: “Elazığ”
  • Finnish: “Elâzığ”
  • French: “Elazig”
  • French: “Elazığ”
  • French: “Harput”
  • French: “Khatbout”
  • Gagauz: “Elazıı”
  • Georgian: “ელაზიღი”
  • German: “Elazig”
  • German: “Elaziz”
  • German: “Elazığ”
  • German: “Kharberd”
  • Gilaki: “الازیغ”
  • Greek: “Ελαζίγ”
  • Greek: “Έλαζιγ”
  • Gujarati: “એલાઝિગ”
  • Hausa: “Elazığ”
  • Hebrew: “אלזי”
  • Hindi: “एलाज़िग”
  • Hungarian: “Elazığ”
  • Indonesian: “Elazığ”
  • Indonesian: “Elâzığ”
  • Indonesian: “Harput”
  • Interlingue: “Elazığ”
  • Irish: “Elazığ”
  • Italian: “Elazığ”
  • Italian: “Elâzığ”
  • Japanese: “エラズー”
  • Japanese: “カーバード”
  • Javanese: “Elazığ”
  • Kannada: “ಎಲಾಜಿಗ್”
  • Kazakh: “Елaztіг”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Elazığ”
  • Kirghiz: “Элазыг”
  • Korean: “엘라즈으”
  • Korean: “엘라즈으주”
  • Korean: “엘라지”
  • Korean: “엘라지즈”
  • Kurdish: “Elezîz”
  • Kurdish: “Mezra”
  • Kurdish: “Xarpet”
  • Kurdish: “Xarpêt”
  • Kurdish: “Xerpêt”
  • Kurdish: “ئەلەزیز”
  • Latvian: “Elaziga”
  • Latvian: “Elazīga”
  • Lithuanian: “Elazihas”
  • Lithuanian: “Eliazihas”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Elazığ”
  • Malay: “Elazıg”
  • Malay: “Elazığ”
  • Malay: “Elâzığ”
  • Marathi: “अलझिग”
  • Mazanderani: “الازیغ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Elazığ”
  • Minangkabau: “Elazığ”
  • Moksha: “Элязыг”
  • Nauru: “Elazığ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elâzığ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elazig”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elazığ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elâzığ”
  • Norwegian: “Elazığ”
  • Oromo: “Elazığ”
  • Ossetian: “Элязыг”
  • Panjabi: “ਏਲਾਜਿਗ”
  • Persian: “الازیغ”
  • Polish: “Elazig”
  • Polish: “Elazığ”
  • Polish: “Elâzığ”
  • Portuguese: “Cárpete”
  • Portuguese: “Chárpete”
  • Portuguese: “Elaze”
  • Portuguese: “Elazig”
  • Portuguese: “Elâzîz”
  • Portuguese: “Elazığ”
  • Portuguese: “Elâzığ”
  • Portuguese: “Harput”
  • Portuguese: “Harpute”
  • Portuguese: “Ḥiṣn Ziyād”
  • Portuguese: “Hisne Ziade”
  • Portuguese: “Kh’arberd”
  • Portuguese: “Kharput”
  • Portuguese: “Mamurat al-Aziz”
  • Portuguese: “Mamuret ül-Aziz”
  • Portuguese: “Mamuretülaziz”
  • Portuguese: “Xarberd”
  • Pushto: “الاضغ”
  • Romanian: “Elazig”
  • Romanian: “Elazıg”
  • Romanian: “Elazığ”
  • Russian: “Харберд”
  • Russian: “Харпут”
  • Russian: “Эль-Азиз”
  • Russian: “Элязыг (город)”
  • Russian: “Элязыг”
  • Scots: “Elazig”
  • Scots: “Elazığ”
  • Scots: “Elâzığ”
  • Serbian: “Elazig”
  • Serbian: “Elazığ”
  • Serbian: “Елазиг”
  • Serbian: “Елазуг”
  • Serbian: “Нор Харперт” (historical)
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elazığ”
  • Silesian: “Elazığ”
  • Sinhala: “එලාසිග්”
  • Somali: “Elazığ”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الازیغ”
  • Spanish: “Elazig”
  • Spanish: “Elaziğ”
  • Spanish: “Elâzig”
  • Spanish: “Elâziğ”
  • Spanish: “Elazıg”
  • Spanish: “Elazığ”
  • Spanish: “Elâzıg”
  • Spanish: “Elâzığ”
  • Swahili: “Elazığ”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Elazığ”
  • Swedish: “Elazig”
  • Swedish: “Elazik”
  • Swedish: “Elaziz”
  • Swedish: “Elazığ”
  • Swedish: “Elâzığ”
  • Swedish: “Elazık”
  • Swedish: “Harput”
  • Swedish: “Kharpert”
  • Swedish: “Kharput”
  • Swedish: “Mamuret ul-Aziz”
  • Swedish: “Mamüret ül-Aziz”
  • Swedish: “Mamuret’ul-Aziz”
  • Swedish: “Mamüret’ül-Aziz”
  • Swedish: “Mezra”
  • Tajik: “Елазиғ”
  • Tajik: “Элазыг”
  • Talysh: “Elazığ”
  • Talysh: “Elazyǧ”
  • Tamil: “இலாஜிக்”
  • Tatar: “Элазыг”
  • Telugu: “ఎలజిగ్”
  • Thai: “เอลาซือ”
  • Turkish: “Elaziz”
  • Turkish: “Elazığ Merkez”
  • Turkish: “Elazığ”
  • Turkish: “Elâzığ”
  • Turkish: “Harput”
  • Turkish: “Mamuretülaziz”
  • Udmurt: “Элязыг”
  • Ukrainian: “Елязи”
  • Ukrainian: “Елязиг”
  • Urdu: “الازیغ”
  • Urdu: “معمورة العزیز”
  • Uzbek: “Elazig”
  • Uzbek: “Eloziq”
  • Venetian: “Elâzığ”
  • Vietnamese: “Elazig”
  • Vietnamese: “Elazığ”
  • Vietnamese: “Elâzığ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Elazığ”
  • Western Armenian: “Խարբերդ”
  • Western Armenian: “Մեզիրէ”
  • Western Mari: “Элязыг”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایلازغ”
  • Wu Chinese: “埃拉泽”
  • “Elazığ”

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