Back وان (ولاية) Arabic Van ili Azerbaijani وان اوستانی AZB Ван (правінцыя) Byelorussian Ван (правінцыя) BE-X-OLD Ван (вилает) Bulgarian Van (proviñs) Breton Van (pokrajina) BS Província de Van Catalan Van (lalawigan) CEB
Van Province
Van ili | |
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 Location of the province within Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°29′57″N 43°40′13″E / 38.49917°N 43.67028°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Seat | Van |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ozan Balcı |
Area | 20,921 km2 (8,078 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 1,128,749 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0432[2] |
| ISO code | TR-77 |
Van Province (Turkish: Van ili, Kurdish: Parezgêha Wanê,[3] Armenian: Վանի մարզ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. Its area is 20,921 km2,[4] and its population is 1,128,749 (2022).[1] 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 of the province is the city of Van, with a population of 525,016 at the end of 2022. The second-largest city is Erciş, with 92,945 inhabitants at end 2022. The province was part of ancient province of Vaspurakan[5] and is considered to be one of the cradles of Armenian civilization. Before the Armenian genocide, Van Province was one of the six Armenian vilayets.[6][7] A majority of the population of the province is Kurdish.[8]
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Area codes page of Turkish Telecom website Archived 2011-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Li Agirî û Wanê qedexe hat ragihandin" (in Kurdish). Rûdaw. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Hovannisian (1999).
- ^ Soysal (1983), p. 14.
- ^ Verheij (2012), p. 88.
- ^ Watts (2010), p. 167.
