Van

Summary

Van is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[1]. Van draws 4,059 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_municipality_in_turkey category, ranking #9 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• Van is located in Van Province^[3].
• Van is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Van's head of government is recorded as Abdullah Zeydan^[5].
• Van's instance of is recorded as metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[6].
• Van's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Van's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Van's twinned administrative body is recorded as Basel^[9].
• Van's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bursa^[10].
• Van's twinned administrative body is recorded as Odesa^[11].
• Van's postal code is recorded as 65000^[12].
• Van's Commons category is recorded as Van, Turkey^[13].
• Van's licence plate code is recorded as 65^[14].
• Van's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[15].
• Van's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.501944444444, 'lon': 43.416666666667}^[16].
• Van's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Eastern Anatolia Region^[17].
• Van's official website is recorded as https://van.bel.tr/^[18].
• Van's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Van, Turkey^[19].
• Van's Commons gallery is recorded as Van, Turkey^[20].
• Van has a population of {'amount': '+353419'}^[21].
• Van has a population of {'amount': '+1127612'}^[22].
• Van's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[23].
• Van's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Van's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[25].
• Van's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• Van's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

Body

Geography

Van is in the country of Turkey^[4]. Van is located in Van Province^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Van covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1938'}^[28]. Van sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1730'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+353419'}^[21] and {'amount': '+1127612'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[6], big city^[7], and city^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Van include Van Ferit Melen Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in Turkey^[32].

Why It Matters

Van draws 4,059 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_municipality_in_turkey category, ranking #9 of 25).^[2] Van has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Van is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Van include Van Ferit Melen Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in Turkey^[32].