Van vilayet
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For other uses, see Van Province (disambiguation).
The Vilayet of Van[1] (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت وان, romanized: Vilâyet-i Van; Armenian: Վանի վիլայեթ, romanized: Vani vilayet) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had a population of about 400,000 and an area of 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2).[1]
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ولايت وان Vilâyet-i Van | |||||||||
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Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
1875–1922 | |||||||||
The Van Vilayet in 1900 | |||||||||
Capital | Van[1] | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• Muslim, 1914[2] | 179,982 | ||||||||
• Armenian, 1914[2] | 67,792 | ||||||||
• Jewish, 1914[2] | 1,383 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1875 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Turkey |
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