Elazig is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the administrative center of both Elazig Province and Elazig District. Founded in and around the former city of Harput, it sits in the uppermost Euphrates valley on a plain at an altitude of 1,067 meters, appearing as an inland peninsula surrounded by the natural Lake Hazar and the reservoirs of the Keban, Karakaya, Kiralkizi and Ozluce dams. Its population was recorded at 387,072 in the 2022 census.
Facts
Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Latitude38.666667 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Elazig (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_totalQuote, Infobox: population_total
387072
2. Elazig (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 38.666667, longitude 39.216667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1067 m
P2046 (area)
area 2221.0 sq km
View the Source3. GeoNames: Elazığ - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1062 m
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.75, 39.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.75, 39.25
38.75 39.25 Csa
5. GeoNames: Elazığ - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 315808Quote, cities500 record 315808
38.67431 39.22321 P PPLA TR 23 7732370 443363 1062 Europe/Istanbul
2010 Elazığ earthquake (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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