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|native_name            = Гельхен<br>Гелхен
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Kurakhsky District]]
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|coordinates            = {{coord|41|39|N|47|36|E|display=inline}}<ref>[https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/kurahskiy-rayon/selo-gelhen/ Село Гельхен на карте]</ref>
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'''Gelkhen''' ({{langx|ru|Гельхен}}; {{langx|lez|Гелхен}}) is a [[types of inhabited localities in Russia|rural locality]] (a [[Village#Russia|selo]]) and the administrative centre of Gelkhensky Selsoviet, [[Kurakhsky District]], [[Republic of Dagestan]], [[Russia]]. The population was 577 as of 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dagstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/dagstat/resources/b698fa00421f084fbfb3ff2d59c15b71/%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC1.rar |title=Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Таблица № 11. Численность населения городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Республики Дагестан |access-date=2020-09-01 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113210/http://dagstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/dagstat/resources/b698fa00421f084fbfb3ff2d59c15b71/%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC1.rar |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are 4 streets.<ref>[https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/kurahskiy-rayon/selo-gelhen/ Село Гельхен на карте]</ref>
== Nationalities ==
Lezgins live there.
== Geography==
Gelkhen is located 20&nbsp;km northwest of [[Kurakh, Russia|Kurakh]] (the district's administrative centre) by road. Usug and Khlyuk are the nearest rural localities.<ref>[https://all-routes.ru/rasstoyanie-gelkhen_ru-kurakh Расстояние от Гельхена до Кураха 20 км]</ref>
== References ==
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{{Rural localities in Kurakhsky District}}
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[[Category:Rural localities in Kurakhsky District]]
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