Çakırkaş, Turkey

Çakırkaş is a town of 1,230 people in Elazığ, Turkey.

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Population1,230 GeoNames

RegionElazığ

Elevation1,026 m 3,366 ft

Time zoneEurope/Istanbul

Nearest airportBingöl Çeltiksuyu Airport (BGG) 55 km

About Çakırkaş

Çakırkaş is a village in the Kovancılar District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 1,230 (2021). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).

From the Wikipedia article Çakırkaş, Kovancılar (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Bingöl Çeltiksuyu Airport (BGG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 55 km away.

Palu 10 km southwest, about 10 min by car
Kovancılar 11 km southwest, about 11 min by car
Okçular 16 km northeast, about 16 min by car
Karakoçan 21 km north, about 21 min by car
Yarımca 22 km southwest, about 22 min by car
Arıcak 26 km southeast, about 26 min by car
Bingöl 47 km east, about 47 min by car
Tunceli 52 km northwest, about 52 min by car
Elazığ 66 km west, about 1 h by car
Çermik 84 km southwest, about 1 h 30 min by car

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