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| Region: | Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey |
| Area: | 19,069 (km²) |
| Total Population | 1,012,707 TUIK 2006 (est) |
| Licence plate code: | 65 |
| Area code: | 0276 |
| Governor Website | http://www.van.gov.tr |
| Weather forecast | turkeyforecast.com/weather/van |
Van is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The provinces of Turkey are organized into 7 census-defined regions ( bölge) which were originally defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Turkish car number plates are License plates found on Turkish vehicles Turkey went from six (2+4 to seven digits (3+4 local phone numbers c Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. It is 19,069 km2 in area and has a population of 1,012,707. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of
Its adjacent provinces are Bitlis to the west, Siirt to the southwest, Şırnak and Hakkari to the south, and Agri to the north. Bitlis is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. Siirt (Sêrt is a province of Turkey, located in the southeast Şırnak is a Turkish province in southeastern Anatolia. It has a population of 403607 (2006 est Hakkâri is a province in the southeast corner of Turkey, located at the juncture of Iraq and Iran. Ağrı ( Armenian: Արարատի is a province on the eastern borders of Turkey, bordering Iran to the east Kars to the North Erzurum The capital is Van. Van ( Armenian hy Վան Kurdish: Wan from Armenian van - village settlement is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van The province and the surrounding area is the home of famous Van kedisi (Van cat).
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Districts
Van province is divided into 12 districts (district capitals in bold):
History
In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom [1]. The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 923 Districts ( ilçeler; sing Bahçesaray is a district of Van Province of Turkey. Başkale ( Kurdish: Elbak, Armenian: Albayrak, and alternatively rendered as Bashkala or Pashgala) is a town and district Çaldıran is a district of Van Province of Turkey. See also Battle of Çaldıran Çatak is a district of Van Province of Turkey, near the border with Iran. This article is on the town and the district of Edremit in Van Province, eastern Turkey. Erciş ( Armenian: Artzike) is a district of Van Province of Turkey. Gevaş is a district of Van Province of Turkey. Gürpınar is a district of Van Province and south of Van. Its old name and Armenian name is "Have-tzor" or "Hayots-tzor" Muradiye is a district of Van Province of Turkey. Özalp is a district of Van Province of Turkey. Saray is a district of Van Province of Turkey. Van ( Armenian hy Վան Kurdish: Wan from Armenian van - village settlement is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van The 9th century BC started the first day of 900 BC and ended the last day of 801 BC Urartu ( Assyrian: Urarṭu Urartian: Biainili Ուրարտու was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia ( Transcaucasia) rising With the Seljuk victory at the Battle of Malazgirt in 1071, just north of Lake Van [1], it became a part of Seljuk Empire and later the Ottoman Empire. The Battle of Manzikert, or Malazgirt, was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Seljuq forces led by Alp Arslan on August 26 1071 near Manzikert Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake The Great Seljuq Empire was a Medieval Sunni Muslim empire established by the Qynyq branch of Oghuz Turks that once controlled The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish For centuries after that, the area was a major Armenian population center. The Armenians (Հայեր Hayer) are a Nation and Ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands A large After World War I, the Armenian population was forced to leave or was ethnically cleansed (see Armenian Genocide). World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
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Notes
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