Turkey
Van Province
İpekyolu

İskele

İskele is a suburb in , and has about 12,800 residents and an elevation of 1,647 metres. İskele is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
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  • Type: Suburb with 12,800 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Tuşba, Van, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “İskele Mah.”, “Iskelekoey”, and “İskeleköy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Van Castle and Van Pier railway station.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fortress of Van is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu during the 9th to 7th centuries BC, and is the largest example of its kind. is situated 3 km southeast of İskele.

Railway station
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is a railway station and in , . Situated on the eastern shore of , 5.8 km west of the city center, the station serves as a connection between modes of transport, with two slips carrying a total of seven tracks.

Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Urartu Museum is a museum located in the city of in eastern . It showcases on 13,000 m2 a large archaeological and ethnographic record of human life and cultural development in the region from eastern Anatolia’s Stone Age to the present. is situated 3 km southeast of İskele.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuşba and Van.

Town
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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district . is situated 5 km east of İskele.

Photo: Bahoz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in in Turkey. It's on the eastern shore of Lake near the border with Iran, so for Iranians it's an unlikely Reno, a holiday break from their restrictive theocracy.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of İskele.

İskele

Latitude
38.52357° or 38° 31′ 25″ north
Longitude
43.3196° or 43° 19′ 11″ east
Population
12,800
Elevation
1,647 metres (5,404 feet)
Open location code
8HC5G8F9+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8596126069
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
311115
Wiki­data ID
Q16369933
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yoruba—“İskele” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ավանս”
  • Armenian: “Ավանց”
  • Armenian: “Իսքելեքյոյ”
  • Chechen: “Искеле”
  • German: “İskele”
  • Tatar: “Искеле”
  • Turkish: “İskele, Tuşba”
  • Turkish: “İskele”
  • Western Armenian: “Աւանց”
  • Yoruba: “İskele”
  • “İskele”

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