{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Gelkhen |other_name = |native_name = Гельхен<br>Гелхен |native_name_lang = |nickname = |settlement_type = Selo |image_skyline = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Russia Dagestan#Russia |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Russia |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Republic of Dagestan |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Kurakhsky District |subdivision_type4 = Municipality |subdivision_name4 = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_total = |timezone1 = |utc_offset1 = +3:00 |timezone1_DST = |utc_offset1_DST = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |elevation_m = |elevation_footnotes = |coordinates = {{coord|41|39|N|47|36|E|display=inline}}<ref>[https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/kurahskiy-rayon/selo-gelhen/ Село Гельхен на карте]</ref> }} '''Gelkhen''' ({{langx|ru|Гельхен}}; {{langx|lez|Гелхен}}) is a rural locality (a 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 km northwest of 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>
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