The Golan springs are at Yogunagac village, west of Karakoçan in Elazığ province, beside the Peri stream, and they draw thousands of visitors a year.
According to the reports of the analyses carried out on the water, cited by the provincial directorate, the springs are said to be beneficial in the treatment of rheumatism, neuritis and polyneuritis, fractures and dislocations, gynaecological conditions and skin complaints. The springs are eighteen kilometres from Karakoçan.
Getting there
- Access
- Eighteen kilometres from Karakoçan in Elazığ.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Elazığ as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.7 °C in January to 27.2 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June and September; rainfall is heaviest in April (63 mm) and lightest in August (2 mm). Long-term means for 1938-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
