Toprakkale

Rusahinili ", modern Toprakkale, is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of in eastern . The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from , the , and other countries.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: modern Toprakkale, Turkey, is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of Van in eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Rusahinili”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Van railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Babbsack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the main railway station in , . Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from , , stopped at the station. The train would continue to the Van Pier, where passengers would travel to Tatvan via ferry, and the western half of the train would continue to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include İpekyolu and Van.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district .

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.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 31,714. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town in the central district of Van Province. is situated 3 km southeast of Toprakkale.

Toprakkale

Latitude
38.5205° or 38° 31′ 14″ north
Longitude
43.4038° or 43° 24′ 14″ east
Open location code
8HC5GCC3+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1920050729
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q1521344
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yoruba—“Toprakkale” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ռուսախինիլի”
  • Chinese: “托普拉克卡莱”
  • French: “Toprakkale”
  • Georgian: “რუსახინილი”
  • German: “Toprakkale”
  • Japanese: “ルサヒニリ”
  • Kotava: “Rusahinili”
  • Kurdish: “Rûsaxînîliya ber çiyayê Qilbanî”
  • Kurdish: “Toprakkale”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Toprakkale”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Toprakkale”
  • Norwegian: “Toprakkale”
  • Persian: “توپراق‌قلعه، ترکیه”
  • Persian: “توپراک کاله”
  • Polish: “Rusahinili”
  • Russian: “Русахинили”
  • Turkish: “Rusaḫinili Qilbani-kai”
  • Turkish: “Toprakkale (kale)”
  • Turkish: “Toprakkale”
  • Ukrainian: “Русахінілі”
  • Vietnamese: “Toprakkale”
  • Yoruba: “Rusahinili”

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