Van Province

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Van Province
Location of Van Province
Location of Van Province in Turkey
Overview
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 (Kurdish: Wan) is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. It is 19,069 km2 in area and has a population of 1,012,707.

Its adjacent provinces are Bitlis to the west, Siirt to the southwest, Şırnak and Hakkari to the south, and Agri to the north. The capital is Van. The province and the surrounding area is the home of famous Van kedisi (Van cat).

Contents

Van province is divided into 12 districts (capital district in bold):

In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom [1]. 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. During the Ottoman rule, the area was a major Armenian population center. During World War I, some of the Ottoman Armenian population sided with Russian and the Armenian forces. There were many Armenian uprisings in the empire, and in Van, which resulted in the deaths of Turks, Kurds, and Armenians.[2][3]

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  1. ^ European History in a World Perspective - Page 68 by Shepard Bancroft Clough
  2. ^ News article | Wichita Daily Times | Wichita Falls, Texas | Friday, August 13, 1915
  3. ^ Newspaper article: THE SYRACUSE. HERALD WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20. 1915.


Coordinates: 38°29′57″N, 43°40′13″E

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