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Van (Վան; Wan; فان) is a city in eastern Turkey's Van Province, located on the eastern shore of Lake Van. The city has a long history as a major urban area. As Tushpa, it was the capital of Urartu in the 9th-6th centuries BC. It was the part of several Armenian kingdoms. In the 10th-11th centuries it was the center of the Armenian Kingdom of Vaspurakan, ruled by the Artsrunis. It remained an important center of Armenian culture until the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Today, Van has a Kurdish majority and a sizable Turkish minority.

In 2010 the official population figure for Van was 367,419, but many estimates put it much higher with a 1996 estimate stating 500,000 and former Mayor Burhan Yengun is quoted as saying it may be as high as 600,000. The Van Central district stretches over 2289 km2.

Demographics
Turkey does not collect data on ethnicity, thus no accurate information exists on the ethnic composition of the city's population. However, according to scholars Van has a Kurdish majority.

http://pop-stat.mashke.org/turkey-cities.htm

http://pop-stat.mashke.org/turkey-division.htm

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Culture
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Transportation
Airports

Roads

Bus rapid transit

Bus and taxi

Twin towns and sister cities
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