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Explore Tokalan in Turkey

Tokalan in the region of Bingöl is a town in Turkey - some 419 mi or ( 674 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Tokalan is now 03:25 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Mosul, Aleppo, Gurpinar, Tunceli, and Tarlabasi. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mosul . Where to go and what to see in Tokalan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Bingöl Airport

Bingöl Airport is an airport located 8 km in the South-East of the city of Bingöl, in the Bingöl Province of Turkey.

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Located at 38.86 40.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Airports in Turkey, Architecture in Turkey, Buildings and structures in Bingöl Province, Transport in Turkey

1971 Bingöl earthquake

The 1971 Bingöl earthquake occurred at 18:43 local time on 22 May. It had a magnitude of 6.7 on the surface wave magnitude scale and a maximum intensity of VIII (Destructive) on the Mercalli intensity scale, killing about 1,000 people.

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Located at 38.80 40.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1971 earthquakes, 1971 in Turkey, Earthquakes in Turkey, History of Bingöl Province

1949 Karlıova earthquake

The 1949 Karlıova earthquake occurred at 18:43 UTC on 17 August with an epicenter near Karlıova in Bingöl Province, Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.7, a maximum felt intensity of X (Intense) on the Mercalli intensity scale and caused 320 casualties.

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Located at 39.00 40.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: 1949 earthquakes, 1949 in Turkey, Earthquakes in Turkey, History of Bingöl Province

2003 Bingöl earthquake

The 2003 Bingöl earthquake was a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit eastern Turkey on May 1, 2003 at 03:27 local time . The epicenter was in Bingöl Province, 15 km north of Bingöl. At least 176 people were killed, and 625 buildings collapsed or suffered heavy damage in the affected region. 84 of the fatalities occurred when a dormitory block collapsed in a boarding school in Celtiksuyu.

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Located at 39.01 40.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: 2003 earthquakes, 2003 in Turkey, Earthquakes in Turkey, History of Bingöl Province

Bingöl Province

Bingöl Province is a province of Turkey in Eastern Anatolia. The province was created in 1946 out of parts of Elazığ and Erzincan. The new province was known as Çapakçur Province until 1950. Its neighbouring provinces are Tunceli, Erzurum, Muş, Diyarbakır, Erzincan and Elazığ. The province covers an area of 8,125 km² and has a population of 255,170. The main spoken languagues are Turkish and Zazaki. The capital is Bingöl.

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Located at 39.04 40.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Bingöl Province, States and territories established in 1946

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