Alçıtepe
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Alçıtepe, also known by its former name, Krithia (), is a small village in Turkey on a commanding high plateau, about 4 miles from Cape Helles, the tip of the Thracian Chersonesos, now Gallipoli Peninsula. It is part of the Eceabat District of Çanakkale Province. Its population is 433 (2021).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- village
- Turkey place.province
- Çanakkale
- Turkey place.district
- Eceabat
- Turkey place.name
- Alçıtepe
- Turkey place.population_total
- 433
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- ALÇITEPE KÖYÜ - panoramio.jpg
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0286
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village of Turkey
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Eceabat district
- Population
- 426
- Elevation
- 93
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Image
- ALÇITEPE KÖYÜ - panoramio.jpg
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- postal code
- 17902
- Commons category
- Alçıtepe
- male population
- 218
- female population
- 208
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Alçıtepe, also known by its former name, Krithia (), is a small village in Turkey on a commanding high plateau, about 4 miles from Cape Helles, the tip of the Thracian Chersonesos, now Gallipoli Peninsula. It is part of the Eceabat District of Çanakkale Province. Its population is 433 (2021).
Krithia was named after the grain "krithos", which in Greek means "barley"; a nearby cape was also called Krithea (Κριθέα) in Byzantine times, now Akbaş Burnu. In the Book of Navigation of the Ottoman admiral Piri Reis (1521), it is recorded as Kirte.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alçıtepe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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