Van, Turkey facts for kids
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
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Van from Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's 1717 book Relation d'un voyage du Levant
See also
In Spanish: Van (ciudad) para niños
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