Bahçesaray
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district and town of Van Province, Turkey
Key facts
- Country
- Turkey
- Province
- Van
- Mayor
- Harun Arslanargun (State Appointment)
- Area
- 426 km (164 sq mi)
- Population 2022
- 13,495
- Density
- 31.7/km (82.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 ( TRT )
- Area code
- 0432
- Website
- www .bahcesaray .bel .tr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Van vilayet
- Population
- 14622
- Area
- 426
- Elevation
- 1767
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Image
- Van districts.png
Show 4 more facts
- different from
- Bahçesaray
- urban population
- 13936
- rural population
- 13772
- name in kana
- バフチェサライ
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Encyclopedic overview
Bahçesaray (Armenian: Մոկս, romanized: Moks, Kurdish: Miks) is municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 426 km, and its population is 13,495 (2022). It was a bucak in Pervari District of Siirt Province until 1964 and in Gevaş district of Van Province between 1964 and 1987. It is at a distance of 110 kilometres (68 mi) from Van. The town is built on the banks of the Bahçesaray River.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bahçesaray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.