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Kovancılar District, Elazığ Province, Turkeyi
Regional Level Types
Kovancılar DistrictDistrict
Elazığ ProvinceProvince
TurkeyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kovancılar22,976 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
342354
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:342354:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Kovancılar, Elâzığ, Turquie
German:
Kovancılar, Elazığ, Türkei
Russian:
Кованджылар, Элязыг, Турция
Simplified Chinese:
科萬哲拉爾, 埃拉泽省, 土耳其
Asturian:
Kovancılar, provincia d'Elazığ, Turquía
Cebuano:
Kovancılar, Elazığ, Turkiya
Dutch:
Kovancılar, Elazığ, Turkije
Farsi/Persian:
کوانجیلار, الازیغ, بوقلمون
Hill Mari:
Кованджылар, Элязыг, Турци
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Qowanciyan, Xarpêt, Tirkiye
Malay:
Kovancılar, Wilayah Elâzığ, Turki
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Kovancılar, Elâzığ, Türkiye
Norwegian:
Kovancılar, Elazığ, Tyrkia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Kovancılar, Provinsen Elâzığ, Tyrkia
Swahili:
Kovancılar, Mkoa wa Elazığ, Uturuki
Traditional Chinese:
科萬哲拉爾, 埃拉澤省, 土耳其
Turkish:
Kovancılar, Elâzığ, Türkiye
Urdu:
کووانجیلار, الازیغ صوبہ, ترکی
Vietnamese:
Kovancılar, Elâzığ, Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ
Western Punjabi:
ضلع کووانچیلار, صوبہ ایلازغ, ترکی
Zazaki:
Kovancılar, Xarpêt, Tırkiya


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed151 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed161 Ma (Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Yukariköy1161.2 - 150.8 Ma (Jurassic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Donacosmilia corallina
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Amphiastraeidae : Donacosmilia : Donacosmilia corallina161.2 - 150.8 Ma
Jurassic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kovanc%C4%B1lar
Wikidata ID:Q1003954
GeoNames ID:306207


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