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Van ( Kurdish: Wan Armenie: Վան Van,[1] ) is a ceety in sootheastren Turkey an the seat o the Kurdish-majority[2] Van Province, an is locatit on the eastren shore o Lake Van. The ceety's offeecial population in 2010 wis 367,419,[3] but mony estimates put this as hintle heicher wi a 1996 estimate statin 500,000[4] an umwhile Mayor Burhan Yengun quotit as sayin it mey be as heich as 600,000.[5]
Van | |
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City | |
A view from Van | |
Coordinates: 38°29′39″N 43°22′48″E | |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Bekir Kaya (BDP) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,289 km2 (884 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1730 m (5,680 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 367,419 |
The Van Central destrict stretches ower 2,289 square kilometers.[6]
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