Van

Van is a city in in Turkey. It's on the eastern shore of Lake Van near the border with Iran, so for Iranians it's an unlikely Reno, a holiday break from their restrictive theocracy.
  • City with about 1,130,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,730 metres (5,680 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code VAN
  • Description: city in Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Thospia”
    “Urartu”
    “Van, Turkey”

Places of Interest

Discover Van railway station.
Railway station
is the main railway station in Van, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include İpekyolu and Tuşba.
Town
is a municipality and district of , .
is a municipality and district of , .
Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , .
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Latitude
38.5009° or 38° 30′ 3″ north
Longitude
43.3946° or 43° 23′ 41″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR VAN
Open location code
8HC5G92V+9R
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Van” goes by many names.
VaniAlbanian
ቫንAmharic
فانArabic
مدينة فانArabic
مدينة وانArabic
وانArabic
ՎանArmenian
VanAsturian
Van (distritu)Asturian
VanAzerbaijani
VanBasque
ВанBelarusian
ТушпаBelarusian
ভানBengali
ভান, তুরস্কBengali
VanBreton
ВанBulgarian
DospCatalan
VanCatalan
WanCatalan
VanCebuano
وانCentral Kurdish
ВанChechen
Ван (гӀала, Туркойчоь)Chechen
凡城Chinese
VanCroatian
Van (grad)Croatian
VanCzech
VanDanish
WanDimli (individual language)
VanDutch
Van (stad)Dutch
مدينه وانEgyptian Arabic
وانEgyptian Arabic
VanEsperanto
VanEstonian
VanFinnish
VanGagauz
VanGalician
Van, TurquíaGalician
ვანიGeorgian
وانGilaki
ΒανGreek
વેનGujarati
VanHausa
ואןHebrew
वानHindi
VanHungarian
VanIdo
VanIndonesian
Van, TurkiIndonesian
VanIrish
VanItalian
ヴァンJapanese
VanJavanese
ವಾನ್Kannada
ವ್ಯಾನ್Kannada
ВанKazakh
Akarere ka VanKinyarwanda
VanKinyarwanda
ВанKirghiz
반Korean
투쉬파Korean
VanKurdish
WanKurdish
VanaLatvian
VanasLithuanian
VanMalay
Van, TurkiMalay
व्हॅनMarathi
وانMazanderani
VanMin Nan Chinese
भ्यानNepali
भ्यान, टर्कीNepali
VanNorwegian
VanNorwegian Bokmål
Van i TyrkiaNorwegian Nynorsk
VanOccitan (post 1500)
VanOromo
ВанOssetian
Ван (сахар)Ossetian
VanPampanga
Van, TurkeyPampanga
ਵਾਨPanjabi
وانPersian
WanPolish
وانPushto
VanRomanian
Van, TurciaRomanian
ВанRussian
Ван (город, Турция)Russian
VanScots
Van, TurkeyScots
ВанSerbian
VanSerbo-Croatian
Van, TurskaSerbo-Croatian
වැන්Sinhala
VanSlovak
VanSlovenian
VanSomali
وانSouth Azerbaijani
VanSwahili
VanSwedish
Van, TurkietSwedish
VanSwiss German
ВанTajik
VanTalysh
வான்Tamil
வான், துருக்கிTamil
ВанTatar
వాన్Telugu
VanThai
วานThai
TuşpaTurkish
VanTurkish
Van merkezTurkish
WanTurkmen
ВанUdmurt
ВанUkrainian
وان، ترکیUrdu
VanUzbek
VanVenetian
MerkezVietnamese
VanVietnamese
Van, Thổ Nhĩ KỳVietnamese
VanWaray (Philippines)
Van, TurkeyaWaray (Philippines)
VanWelsh
Van, TwrciWelsh
ՎանWestern Armenian
ВанWestern Mari
وانWestern Panjabi
凡城Wu Chinese
凡城Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

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