Altıntepe

Altıntepe is a suburb in , and has about 14,500 residents. Altıntepe is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
  • Type: Suburb with 14,500 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Tuşba, Van, eastern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Altıntepe Mah.”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Van Castle and Van Museum.

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.

Museum
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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.

Mosque
Photo: Ömer arkan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 3 km east of Altıntepe.

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.

Locality
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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 5 km east of Altıntepe.

Altıntepe

Latitude
38.51688° or 38° 31′ 1″ north
Longitude
43.34261° or 43° 20′ 33″ east
Population
14,500
Open location code
8HC5G88V+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8596126070
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q109963918
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In Other Languages

From Chechen to Turkish—“Altıntepe” goes by many names.
  • Chechen: “Алтинтепе”
  • German: “Altıntepe”
  • Tatar: “Алтынтепе”
  • Turkish: “Altıntepe, Tuşba”
  • Turkish: “Altıntepe”
  • “Altıntepe”

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