Seyrantepe

Seyrantepe is a suburb in , and has about 19,100 residents. Seyrantepe is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
  • Type: Suburb with 19,100 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Tuşba, Van, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Seyrantepe Mah. Mah.”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Van railway station and Van Castle.

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 .

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 3½ km southwest of Seyrantepe.

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 southwest of Seyrantepe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toprakkale and İpekyolu.

Locality
Photo: EvgenyGenkin, CC BY 2.5.
Rusahinili ", modern , 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. is situated 3 km east of Seyrantepe.

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 . is situated 3½ km southeast of Seyrantepe.

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.

Seyrantepe

Latitude
38.52553° or 38° 31′ 32″ north
Longitude
43.36863° or 43° 22′ 7″ east
Population
19,100
Open location code
8HC5G9G9+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8596126065
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q109963922
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In Other Languages

From Chechen to Turkish—“Seyrantepe” goes by many names.
  • Chechen: “Сейрантепе”
  • German: “Seyrantepe”
  • Tatar: “Сейрантепе”
  • Turkish: “Seyrantepe, Tuşba”
  • Turkish: “Seyrantepe”
  • “Seyrantepe”

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