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Van Province

Also known as TR-65, Van ili

province in east Turkey

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Van Province is a region located in eastern Turkey, situated near the borders of Iran and Iraq. It is historically and culturally significant due to its strategic location and is home to Lake Van, Turkey's largest lake.

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Population: 994436
Area: 20921
Elevation: 1726
Official website: www.van.gov.tr
Image: Van districts.png
Households: 257819
Life expectancy: 78.01
Dialing code: 276
Licence plate code: 65

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Commons category: Van Province
postal code: 65000–65999
native label: Van ili
social media followers: 45246
urban population: 110653
rural population: 58949
male population: 506935
annual number of weddings: 7440
female population: 487501
suicide rate: 4.52
total fertility rate: 1.22
mean age: 25.53
minimum temperature record: -28.7
maximum temperature record: 37.5
name in kana: ヴァン
water as percent of area: 10.95

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Van Province (Turkish: Van ili, Kurdish: Parezgêha Wanê, 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 km, and its population is 1,128,749 (2022). 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 as of 2022. The second-largest city is Erciş, with 92,945 inhabitants in 2022. The province was part of ancient province of Vaspurakan 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. A majority of the population of the province is Kurdish, and it is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan.

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