What is Van Province?
'''Van''' ({{lang-tr|Van ili}}) is a [[province]] in eastern [[Turkey]], between [[Lake Van]] and the [[Iran]]ian border. It is 19,069 [[square kilometer|km<sup>2</sup>]] in area and has a population of 1,035,418 at the end of 2010. [[Kurdish people|Kurds]] form the majority. == History == In the 9th century BC, the Van area was the center of the [[Urartian kingdom]].<ref>European History in a World Perspective - Page 68 by Shepard Bancroft Clough</ref> For centuries after that, the area was a major [[Armenia]]n population center. After World War I [[Armenians|Armenian]] population was forced to leave and was cleansed during the [[Armenian Genocide]]. ==Related pages== * [[Van Resistance]] == Sources == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons category|Van Province}} * [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/van Pictures of the capital of this province] {{coord|38|29|57|N|43|40|13|E|region:TR-65_type:adm1st|display=title}} {{multistub|geo|Asia}} [[Category:Provinces of Turkey]] [[Category:Kurdistan]] [[Category:Eastern Anatolia Region]]