Van, Turkey

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
City
A view from Van
Van
Coordinates: 38°29′39″N 43°22′48″E / 38.49417°N 43.38000°E / 38.49417; 43.38000
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]