Wan/Van Province Van ili
—  Province of Turkey  —
Location of Wan/Van Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	Eastern Anatolia
Electoral district	Van
Area
• Total	19,069 km2 (7,363 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,035,418
• Density	Bad rounding here54/km2 (Bad rounding here140/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0432[2]
Vehicle registration	65
Per capita income	5,933 TL (74th; 2011)[3]

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 had a population of 1,035,418 at the end of 2010.

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 the city of Van.

Districts [edit]

Van province is divided into 12 districts:

• Bahçesaray
• Başkale
• Çaldıran
• Çatak
• Edremit
• Erciş
• Gevaş
• Gürpınar
• Muradiye
• Özalp
• Saray
• Van

History [edit]

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.^[4] In the 9th century BC the Van area was the center of the Urartian kingdom.^[5] The area was a major Armenian population center. The region came under the control of the Armenian Orontids in the 7th century BC and later Persians in the mid-6th century BC. By the early 2nd century BC it was part of the Kingdom of Armenia. It became an important center during the reign of the Armenian king, Tigranes II, who founded the city of Tigranakert in the 1st century BC.^[6] This region was ruled by the Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia before the 4th century AD. In 908-1021 it was a central part of Armenian Kingdom of Vaspurakan, then it joined the 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.

Gallery [edit]

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  Çavuştepe / 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 century) on Akdamar Island

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  The Armenian Monastery of Narek (10th century)

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  Varagavank Armenian monastery (11th century)

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  The Armenian Monastery of Saint Bartholomew (13th century)

See also [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Van Province

• Ottoman Armenian Population
• Siege of Van
• 2011 Van earthquake

Notes [edit]

External links [edit]

• Pictures of the capital of this province

Coordinates: 38°29′57″N 43°40′13″E / 38.49917°N 43.67028°E / 38.49917; 43.67028

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