Altunkaya is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neigh ...

in the municipality and district of

Olur Olur, formerly Tayotskar, Tavusker and Taoskari (, meaning "Rock of Tayk"; ka, ტაოსკარი, meaning "Gates of Tao"), is a municipality and district of Erzurum Province, Turkey. Its area is 893 km2, and its population is 6,262 (20 ...

Erzurum Province Erzurum Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. Its area is 25,006 km2, and its population is 749,754 (2022). The capital of the province is the city of Erzurum. It is the fourth lar ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its population is 83 as of 2022. Between 1778 and 1900, gold was mined as evidenced by multiple existing tunnels in the village and by its name "Altunkaya" which translates to "golden rock".

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Neighbourhoods in Olur District {{Erzurum-geo-stub