Van Province
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| Van Province Van ili |
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| Kintra | Turkey |
| Region | Eastren Anatolie |
| Caipital | Van |
| Aurie | |
| - Total | 19,069 km2 (7,362.6 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2010-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 1,035,418 |
| - Densitie | 54.3/km2 (140.6/sq mi) |
| Aurie code(s) | 0432[2] |
| Vehicil registration | 65 |
| Wabsteid | van.gov.tr |
Van Province (Turkis: Van ili) is a province in eastren Turkey, atween Lake Van an the Iranian border. It is 19,069 km2 in aurie an haes a population o 1,035,418.
Its adjacent provinces are Bitlis tae the wast, Siirt tae the soothwast, Şırnak an Hakkâri tae the sooth, an Ağrı tae the north. The caipital is Van (Armenie: Վան Van, Kurdish: Wan). The province an the surroondin aurie is the hame o famous Van kedisi (Van cat).
On Januar 9, 1990 in Van wis recordit the lawest temperatur in Turkey wi -46.4 °C.
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Destricts [edit]
Van province is dividit intae 12 destricts (destrict caipitals in bauld):
History [edit]
This aurie wis the hertland o Armenians, who lived in these auries frae the time o Hayk in the 3rd millennium BC richt up tae the late 19t century when the Ottoman Empire seized aw the land frae the natives.[3] In the 9t century BC the Van aurie wis the center o the Urartian kinrick.[4] Frae 7t century BC up tae Islamic conquest o Persians (640 AD), Van haes been unner different Persian dynasties o Merdia, Achaemenids, Arcasids an Sassanids. In 908-1021 wis central pairt o Armenian Kinrick o Vaspurakan, then joined Byzantine Empire. Wi the Seljuq victory at the Battle o Malazgirt in 1071, juist north o Lake Van,[5] it became a pairt o Seljuq Empire an later the Ottoman Empire. For centuries efter that, the aurie wis a major Armenian population centre.
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- Medieval Armenie monasteries in the Van Province
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The Armenie Cathedral o the Holy Cross (10t c.) on Akhtamar Island
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The Armenie Monastery o Narek (10t c.)
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Varagavank Armenie monastery (11t c.)
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The Armenie Monastery o Saunt Bartholomew (13t c.)
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Notes [edit]
- ↑ 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 (Turkis)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ European History in a World Perspective - Page 68 by Shepard Bancroft Clough
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Coordinates: 38°29′57″N 43°40′13″E / 38.49917°N 43.67028°E
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