Kelkit

Kelkit ( is a town in Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kelkit District. Its population is 21,316 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Kelkit
Turkey place.province: Gümüşhane
Turkey place.district: Kelkit
Turkey place.leader_party: AKP
Turkey place.leader_name: Ünal Yilmaz
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1375
Turkey place.population_total: 21316
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 29600
Turkey place.area_code: 0456
Turkey place.blank1_name: Climate
Turkey place.blank1_info: Dsb

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Instance of: town
Official name: Kelkit
Country: Turkey
Located in: Gümüşhane Province
Population: 41472
Area: 1925
Elevation: 1377
Time zone: time in Turkey
Official website: www.kelkit.bel.tr
Image: Gümüşhane districts.png

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urban population: 8060
postal code: 29600
different from: Kelkit Brook
native label: كلكیت
rural population: 51883
Commons category: Gümüşhane Province
name in kana: ケルキット

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Kelkit ( is a town in Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kelkit District. Its population is 21,316 (2022). The town lies at an elevation of .

The name "Kelkit" comes from the Kelkit River, a major tributary of the Yeşil River, which flows into the Black Sea. The residents of the town are predominantly either farmers or small business owners.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kelkit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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