Van, Turkey facts for kids

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Van-Ruins at site of old Van-2005
Ruins at the location of old city of Van.

Van (Armenian Վան) is a city in eastern Turkey and the seat of Van Province, and is on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city's population in 2005 was 284,464. According to the Encyclopedia of the Orient, Kurds form the majority though no census based on ethnicity was ever held in Turkey.

Images for kids

  • Xerxes Cuneiform Van

    Inscription of Xerxes the Great on the cliffs below Van castle.

  • Wan Tournefort

    Van from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's 1717 book Relation d'un voyage du Levant

  • The Rock and Walled City of Van (1893)

    The rock and walled city of Van in 1893 by H. F. B. Lynch.

  • Old City Van 2009

    Ruins of the old walled city of Van seen from the castle rock.

  • WAN DSC 6626

    The center of modern Van seen from the castle rock

  • IOC Offshore Van Grand Prix 2010

    IOC Offshore Van Grand Prix 2010

  • Festîvala u Behra Wanê

    Festival of Van lake 2011

  • Vankahvalti
    Famous breakfast table in Van.
  • Turkish Van Cat

    Van Cat

  • Former Armenian Town of Van

    Former Town of Van in 2009

  • Former Armenian Town of Van1

    Former Town of Van in 2009

  • Former Armenian Town of Van2

    Former Town of Van in 2009

  • City of Van (view from Van Kalesi)

    View of Van from the Van Castle
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