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Van (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 29 40 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.4946 decimal degrees |
| Long: 043 23 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 43.3832 decimal degrees |
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Note: Main center of Urartu Kingdom 8th-7th centuries BCE; after Nineveh fell in 612 BCE it was successively under occupation of Medes, Achaemenian Persians, and Pontus kings; Arab tributary state 7th cen.; occupied by Russian troops 1915-1917 during WW I. |
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| Van (preferred,C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Thospia (C,V)
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| Wan (C,V)
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| Tushpa (H,V)
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| Tuspuea (H,V)
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| Urartu (H,V)
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| Chauon (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Van (province) (P) |
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Van (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since ancient times |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Lake Van .......... (lake) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey) [1119011] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Toprakkale .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey, Osmaniye) [1086941] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Van Kalesi .......... (castle) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey, Van province) [7695076] |
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