Erciş
Erciş (pronounced [eɾˈdʒiʃ]; Kurdish: Erdiş,[3] Armenian: Ականց, Agants; historically Արճեշ, Arjesh) is a town and district located in the Van Province, Turkey on Lake Van.
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Coordinates: 39°01′52″N 43°21′35″E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Van |
Government | |
• Elected Mayor | Yildiz Çetin (HDP) |
• District Governor | Nuri Mehmetbeyoğlu |
Area | |
• District | 1,876.38 km2 (724.47 sq mi) |
Population (2012)[2] | |
• Urban | 81,212 |
• District | 165,953 |
• District density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Post code | 65400 |
Website | www.ercis.bel.tr |
See also
- 2011 Van earthquake
- Ulupamir
- Zilan massacre
References
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- "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- Şafak, Yeni (2020-03-03). "Van Erciş Seçim Sonuçları – Erciş Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- "Trustees Appointed to 4 HDP Municipalities". Bianet.
- "Trustees appointed to four HDP municipalities in Turkey's southeast - Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- Baldwin, M.W., ed. (1969), A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The first hundred years, University of Wisconsin Press, p. 630
- Sinclair, T. A. (1987). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. p. 328. ISBN 0907132324.
- Tadevos Hakobyan, ՊԱՏՄԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՔԱՂԱՔՆԵՐԸ - ԱՐՃԵՇ (The cities of Historical Armenia - Artchesh), Yerevan, 1987
- Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Freedom of the Press 2010 - Turkey". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
- Güney, D. "Van earthquakes (23 October 2011 and 9 November 2011) and performance of masonry and adobe structures" (PDF). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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