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Van Province

Van Province is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolian region of , between and the border. Its area is 20,921 km2, and its population is 1,128,749.
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  • Type: Province with 1,130,000 residents
  • Description: province in east Turkey
  • Also known as: “TR-65”, “Van”, “Van ili”, and “Van Vilâyeti”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zernek Dam.

Dam
is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Hoşap River, located near the village , 28 km southeast of in Van Province, . It was built between 1980 and 1988 and has an installed capacity of 5 MW.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zernek.

Village
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , Van Province, . Its population is 122. The village became part of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century and was invaded by the Russian Empire during the First World War.

Van Province

Latitude
38.325° or 38° 19′ 30″ north
Longitude
43.659° or 43° 39′ 32″ east
Population
1,130,000
Elevation
2,546 metres (8,353 feet)
Open location code
8HC58MF5+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1827474640
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­province
Geo­Names ID
298113
Wiki­data ID
Q80550
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Van Province” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فان”
  • Arabic: “محافظة فان”
  • Arabic: “محافظة وان”
  • Arabic: “وان”
  • Arabic: “ولاية وان”
  • Armenian: “Վան”
  • Armenian: “Վանի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “provincia de Van”
  • Asturian: “Van (provincia)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Van ili”
  • Azerbaijani: “Van”
  • Basque: “Van probintzia”
  • Belarusian: “Ван”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Ван”
  • Bengali: “ভয়ান ভ্যান প্রদেশ”
  • Bosnian: “Van”
  • Breton: “Van”
  • Bulgarian: “Ван”
  • Catalan: “Província de Van”
  • Catalan: “TRB21”
  • Cebuano: “Van (lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Van”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای وان”
  • Chinese: “Van”
  • Chinese: “凡城省”
  • Chinese: “凡省”
  • Chuvash: “Ван”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Van”
  • Czech: “Van”
  • Czech: “Vanská provincie”
  • Danish: “Van Province”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Wan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Wılayetê Wani”
  • Dutch: “Van”
  • Esperanto: “parêzgeh Wan”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Van”
  • Esperanto: “TR-65”
  • Esperanto: “Van ili”
  • Esperanto: “Վանի մարզ”
  • Estonian: “Vani provints”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Van Praant”
  • Finnish: “Vanin maakunta”
  • French: “Province de Van”
  • French: “Van”
  • Galician: “Provincia de Van”
  • Georgian: “ვანი”
  • Georgian: “ვანის პროვინცია”
  • German: “TR-65”
  • German: “Van ili”
  • German: “Van”
  • Greek: “Βαν”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Βαν”
  • Gujarati: “વેન પ્રાંત”
  • Hebrew: “ואן”
  • Hindi: “वान प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “वान”
  • Hungarian: “Van”
  • Ido: “Provinco Van”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Van”
  • Irish: “Van”
  • Italian: “provincia di Van”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Van”
  • Japanese: “ヴァン県”
  • Japanese: “ワン県”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಯಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Van wa’layati”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Van wálayatı”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Intara ya Van”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Van”
  • Korean: “반 주”
  • Korean: “반주”
  • Kurdish: “Wan (parêzgeh)”
  • Kurdish: “Wan”
  • Latin: “Van”
  • Latvian: “Vanas ils”
  • Latvian: “Vanas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Vano provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Ван”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Van”
  • Marathi: “वान प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “وان اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Van”
  • Northern Frisian: “Van (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Van”
  • Northern Luri: “وان”
  • Northern Sami: “Van eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Van”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provinsen Van”
  • Norwegian: “Van”
  • Ossetian: “Ван”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਨ”
  • Persian: “استان وان”
  • Polish: “prowincja Wan”
  • Polish: “Wan”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Vã”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Van”
  • Portuguese: “Vã”
  • Portuguese: “Van”
  • Portuguese: “Vane”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Van”
  • Russian: “Ван”
  • Scots: “Van Province”
  • Serbian: “Ван”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Van”
  • Sinhala: “වැන් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Van”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وان اوستانی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وان”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Van”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Van”
  • Swedish: “Van”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Van”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ван”
  • Tamil: “வான் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Ван (Төркия)”
  • Tatar: “Ван”
  • Telugu: “వాన్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดวาน”
  • Thai: “มณฑลวาน”
  • Turkish: “Van ili”
  • Turkish: “Van İli”
  • Turkish: “Van”
  • Turkmen: “Wan”
  • Twi: “Van”
  • Uighur: “ۋان ۋىلايىتى”
  • Ukrainian: “Ван”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ وان”
  • Urdu: “وان صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Van”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Van”
  • Welsh: “Van”
  • Western Armenian: “Վան”
  • Western Mari: “Ван”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ وان”
  • Wu Chinese: “凡省”
  • Yue Chinese: “凡城省”
  • “ma tomo Wan”
  • “TR-65”
  • “TU65”
  • “Van”
  • “Van ili”

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