Van Province
Van Province
| Van Province Van ili |
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| — Province of Turkey — | |
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| Country | Turkey |
| Region | Eastern Anatolia |
| Capital | Van |
| Area | |
| - Total | 19,069 km2 (7,362.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2010-12-31) | |
| - Total | 1,035,418 |
| - Density | 54.3/km2 (140.6/sq mi) |
| Area code(s) | 0432 |
| Vehicle registration | 65 |
| Website | van.gov.tr |
Van Province (Turkish: Van ili) 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 1,035,418 .
Its adjacent provinces are Bitlis to the west, Siirt to the southwest, Şırnak and Hakkâri to the south, and Ağrı to the north. The capital is Van (Armenian: Վան Van, Kurdish: Wan). The province and the surrounding area is the home of famous Van kedisi (Van cat). On January 9, 1990 in Van vas recorded the lowest temperature in Turkey with -46.4 °C
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Districts
Van province is divided into 12 districts (district capitals in bold):
History
This area was the heartland of Armenians, who lived in these areas from the time of Hayk in the 3rd millennium BCE right up to the late 19th century when the Ottoman Empire seized all the land from the natives. In the 9th century BC the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom. From 7 century BC up to Islamic conquest of Persians (640 AD), Van has been under different Persian dynasties of Merdia, Achaemenids, Arcasids and Sassanids. In 908-1021 was central part of Armenian Kingdom of Vaspurakan, then joined Byzantine Empire. With the Seljuq victory at the Battle of Malazgirt in 1071, just north of Lake Van [1], it became a part of Seljuq Empire and later the Ottoman Empire. For centuries after that, the area was a major Armenian population center.
Gallery
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Haykaberd
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Hoşap Castle
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Muradiye Fall
- Medieval Armenian monasteries in the Van Province
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The Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross (10th c.) on Akhtamar Island
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The Armenian Monastery of Narek (10th c.)
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Varagavank Armenian monastery (11th c.)
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The Armenian Monastery of Saint Bartholomew (13th c.)
See also
- Ottoman Armenian Population
- Siege of Van
Notes
- ^ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
- ^ Area codes page of Turkish Telecom website (Turkish)
- ^ Hofmann (ed.), Tessa (2004). Verfolgung, Vertreibung und Vernichtung der Christen im Osmanischen Reich 1912-1922 [Persecution, Expulsion and Annihilation of the Christian Population in the Ottoman Empire 1912-1922]. Münster: LIT. ISBN 3-8258-7823-6.
- ^ European History in a World Perspective - Page 68 by Shepard Bancroft Clough
Coordinates: 38°29′57″N 43°40′13″E / 38.49917°N 43.67028°E
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