Erciş

Summary

Erciş is a town^[1]. Erciş ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Erciş is located in Van Province^[3].
• Erciş is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Erciş's image is recorded as Erciş, Van.jpg^[5].
• Erciş's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Erciş's postal code is recorded as 65400^[7].
• Erciş's Commons category is recorded as Erciş^[8].
• Erciş's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1779032^[9].
• Erciş's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[10].
• Erciş's located in time zone is recorded as time in Turkey^[11].
• Erciş's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.031111111111, 'lon': 43.359722222222}^[12].
• Erciş's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bj737^[13].
• Erciş's official website is recorded as http://ercis.bel.tr/^[14].
• Erciş's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Erciş^[15].
• Erciş's population is recorded as {'amount': '+173313'}^[16].
• Erciş's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Erciş's described by source is recorded as Dictionary of Place Names in Armenia and Adjacent Areas^[18].
• Erciş's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[19].
• Erciş's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[20].
• Erciş's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Ercis^[21].
• Erciş's category for people born here is recorded as Q23055270^[22].
• Erciş's GeoNames ID is recorded as 315530^[23].
• Erciş's name in kana is recorded as エルジシュ^[24].
• Erciş's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 32750^[25].
• Erciş's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1691'}^[26].
• Erciş's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2133'}^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Erciş's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2133'}^[27]. Erciş's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1691'}^[26]. Erciş's population is recorded as {'amount': '+173313'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Erciş's instance of is recorded as town^[6].

Why It Matters

Erciş ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).^[2] Erciş has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Erciş is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]