Muradiye district
Sign in to saveMuradiye (, ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 45,718 (2022). It is best known for its impressive waterfalls.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Muradiye
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Muradiye Waterfalls.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Muradiye Waterfalls
- Turkey place.image_map
- Van location Muradiye.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Muradiye District in Van Province
- Turkey place.province
- Van
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 912
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 1700
- Turkey place.population_total
- 45718
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 65500
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0432
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of Turkey
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Van Province
- Continent
- Asia
- Official language
- Turkish
- Population
- 49688
- Area
- 912
- Elevation
- 1707
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Official website
- www.muradiye.gov.tr
- Image
- Muradiye-Waterfall 02.JPG
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- native label
- Muradiye
- postal code
- 65500
- urban population
- 47971
- rural population
- 61480
- Commons category
- Muradiye
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Forced evacuations
- Government
- Composition
- Climate
- Education
- Earthquake
- See also
- References
Muradiye (, ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 45,718 (2022). It is best known for its impressive waterfalls.
==History== left|250px|thumb|Remains of the St. Stephen Armenian Church The tenth-century Byzantine text De Administrando Imperio mentions "Perkri" belonging to King Ashot I Bagratuni at the beginning of the ninth century before being turned over to an Arab ruler, Abu'l-Ward. After the death of Ashot's son, Smbat I, another Arab ruler, Abu Sawada, took possession of Berkri.
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