Van (Province)

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Van
Province number: 65
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Basic data
Coordinates: 38 ° 30 ′  N , 43 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 30 ′  N , 43 ° 40 ′  E
Provincial capital: Van (Turkey)
Region: Eastern Anatolia
Surface: 20921 km²
Population: 1,106,891 (2017)
Population density: 52.9 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor: İbrahim Taşyapan
Seats in Parliament: 8th
Structural
Telephone code: 0432
Features : 65
Website
www.van.gov.tr (Turkish)

Van ( Kurdish Wan ; Armenian Վան ) is a province in eastern Turkey . Its capital Van is located on the eastern shore of Lake Van .

In 2017 there were 1,106,891 inhabitants in the province of Van on an area of ​​20,921 km².

Administrative division

Counties

Van has been a big city ( Büyükşehir belediyesi ) since 2012 . After an administrative reform in 2014, all districts are directly subordinate to the Lord Mayor of Van. The former municipalities ( Belediye ) were downgraded to the rank of Muhtar . The former central Merkez district was divided into two new districts called İpekyolu and Tuşba in 2012. The 13 rural districts (also districts, Ilçe ) now also form the city districts:

Code 1 County name Kurdish
name		 Area 2
(in km²) 		Population
on December 31, 2017 3 		Districts
(Mahalle) 		Density
(inh. Per km²) 		Sex ratio 4 Average
age 5 		Founding
date 6
3820 Çatak Şax 1.952 20,696 33 10.6 919 25.54
3821 Özalp Qerqelî 1,430 66,495 57 46.5 967 23.69
3822 Çaldıran Ebex 1,478 63,603 70 43.0 942 22.88 4.7.1987
3823 Muradiye Bêgirî 912 50,715 48 55.6 938 24.24
3824 Gurpinar Payizava or Xawesor 4,028 35,155 79 8.7 965 25.92 4.1.1936
3825 Bahçesaray Muksî 426 14,758 20th 34.6 996 24.63 4.7.1987
3826 Gevaş Westan 1,544 27,565 38 17.9 1014 28.57
3827 Edremit Artemet 515 124,375 28 241.5 999 25.70 May 20, 1990
3828 Saray Mahmûdî 872 20,972 27 24.1 927 24.53 May 20, 1990
3829 Erciş Erdis 2.133 173.071 101 81.1 936 24.98
3831 Baskale Elbak 2,727 51,973 66 19.1 929 24.48
52451 Tuşba 1,948 156.717 67 80.5 932 25.52 December 6, 2012
52455 İpekyolu 956 300,796 50 314.6 995 26.35 December 6, 2012
Province VAN 20,921 1,106,891 684 52.9 963 25.37

swell

1 Excel file of the Interior Ministry
two surface 2014
3 population projection on 31 December 2017
4 gender relations (sex ratio): Number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
5 ranking in UrbiStat
6 PDF of the Interior Ministry

Villages

With the administrative reform, the villages disappeared and were converted into city districts ( Mahalle ). At the end of 2012 there were still 579 villages with a total population of 442,082 inhabitants (an average of 763.5 inhabitants per village). This corresponded to a share of the provincial population (1,051,975) of 42 percent. 148 of these villages had more than 1,000 inhabitants, the largest being Bardakçı in Merkez Bucağı.

population

The following table shows the annual population level at the end of the year after updating by the address-based population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. The 2011 census, however, even found 1,059,734 inhabitants, a deviation of 3.5%.

year Residents
2017 1,106,891
2016 1,100,190
2015 1,096,397
2014 1,085,542
2013 1,070,113
2012 1,051,975
year Residents
2011 1,022,532
2010 1,035,418
2009 1,022,310
2008 1,004,369
2007 979.671
2000 1 877.524
1 Census 2000

history

In earlier times the provincial capital Van was named Tušpa and was in the 9th century BC. Chr. The capital of the Urartian Kingdom . The population at that time called themselves Nairi .

Later the region became a center again in the reign of the Armenian king Tigranes II. , Who ruled the city of Tigranakert in the 1st century BC. . Chr founded. After the city was largely destroyed by Russian troops during the First World War , it was rebuilt near the old city after the war. Until then, than under the Vilayet Governor Cevdet Bey to Massakrierungen by the Muslim population came, it was as Ottoman province of Van , a largely Armenian population .

On July 2, 2004, the province governor was bombed in the city of Van. Three people died and 24 others were injured, some seriously.

A strong earthquake in 1976 killed 4,000 people in the region. On October 23, 2011, another serious earthquake struck near Erciş .

elections

In the referendum to amend the constitution , 57.27% of the valid votes in the province voted against it, only İlçe Bahçesaray, Gevaş and Gürpinar decided in favor of changing the constitution.
Van is the second largest city in southeastern Turkey. Over half of the population voted for the People's Democratic Party. In second place is the Justice and Recovery Party.

2018 general election results from Van
Political party percent
Halkların Democracy Partisi
  
 59.3%
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
  
 31.8%
Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
  
 3.1%
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi
  
 2.6%
Otherwise.
  
 3.3%

various

Van is also known for its cats. The semi- long-haired Vankat often has two different eye colors and is in demand all over the world. A tourist attraction is the Armenian Church of the Holy Cross ( Armenian Սուրբ խաչ , Surb Chatsch / Surb xač ) on the island of Akdamar in Lake Van.

The monasteries of St. Bartholomew , Arter and Karmravank , as well as the Ktuts monastery , Narekawank and Varagavank can also be found here.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Turkish Institute for Statistics , accessed on November 11, 2018
  2. ^ Website of the Van Province
  3. ↑ IL_ILCE_LISTESI.xls
  4. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping (PDF file 0.25 MB)
  5. ↑ [1] , accessed on November 11, 2018
  6. ↑ UrbiStat.com , accessed November 11, 2018
  7. ↑ [2] TARİH (1) .pdf 1.4 MB
  8. ↑ Sabah.com , accessed on November 11, 2018