Tuşba

Tuşba is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301. The district Tuşba was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district .
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  • Type: Town with 163,000 residents
  • Description: district of Van, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Tuşba (distritu)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Van Castle and Van Museum.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fortress of Van is a massive stone fortification…

Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Urartu Museum is a museum located in the city of in eastern .

Railway station
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is the main railway station in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Van and İpekyolu.

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is a city in in Turkey.

Town
is a municipality and district of , .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . is situated 5 km east of Tuşba.

Tuşba

Latitude
38.5123° or 38° 30′ 44″ north
Longitude
43.3753° or 43° 22′ 31″ east
Population
163,000
Elevation
1,699 metres (5,574 feet)
Open location code
8HC5G96G+W4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4479054391
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9550890
Wiki­data ID
Q16968873
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Tuşba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “توشبا”
  • Asturian: “Tuşba”
  • Chechen: “Тушба”
  • Chinese: “图什巴”
  • German: “Tuşba”
  • Greek: “Τουσμπά”
  • Hungarian: “Tuşba”
  • Ido: “Tuşba”
  • Irish: “Tuşba”
  • Kurdish: “Tuşpa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tuşba”
  • Norwegian: “Tuşba”
  • Portuguese: “Tusba”
  • Serbian: “Тушба”
  • Tatar: “Тушба”
  • Turkish: “Tuşba”
  • “Tuşba”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Alipaşa and İstasyon.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Terminal Camii and Van Şehirler Arası Otobüs Terminali (Otogar).

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Worth a closer look: Istanbul and Edirne.

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