Van

Summary

Van is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[1]. Van draws 725 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_municipality_in_turkey category, ranking #9 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• Van is located in Van Province^[3].
• Van is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Van's head of government is recorded as Abdullah Zeydan^[5].
• Van's image is recorded as City of Van (view from Van Kalesi).jpg^[6].
• Van's instance of is recorded as metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[7].
• Van's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Van's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Van's twinned administrative body is recorded as Basel^[10].
• Van's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bursa^[11].
• Van's twinned administrative body is recorded as Odesa^[12].
• Van's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316429846^[13].
• Van's GND ID is recorded as 4378894-4^[14].
• Van's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85194879^[15].
• Van's postal code is recorded as 65000^[16].
• Van's Commons category is recorded as Van, Turkey^[17].
• Van's licence plate code is recorded as 65^[18].
• Van's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[19].
• Van's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.501944444444, 'lon': 43.416666666667}^[20].
• Van's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h2sy^[21].
• Van's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge730099^[22].
• Van's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Eastern Anatolia Region^[23].
• Van's official website is recorded as https://van.bel.tr/^[24].
• Van's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Van, Turkey^[25].
• Van's Commons gallery is recorded as Van, Turkey^[26].
• Van's page banner is recorded as Van banner Fortress.jpg^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Van's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1938'}^[28]. Van's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1730'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+353419'}^[30] and {'amount': '+1127612'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include metropolitan municipality in Turkey^[7], big city^[8], and city^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Van include Van Ferit Melen Airport^[32], an airport^[33], in Turkey^[34].

Why It Matters

Van draws 725 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan_municipality_in_turkey category, ranking #9 of 25).^[2] Van has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Van is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Van include Van Ferit Melen Airport^[32], an airport^[33], in Turkey^[34].