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Van (Turkey)

LC control no.n 85194879
Geographic headingVan (Turkey)
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Geographic subdivision usageTurkey--Van
Variant(s)Urartu (Turkey)
Thostia (Turkey)
Wan (Turkey)
Found inBGN phone call, 8/21/85 (Van, Turkey; variants: Urartu; Thostia; 38°30ʹN; 43°23ʹE; pop. pl.)
Büyük lûgat ve ansikl. (Van; capitol city of the prov. of Van; Eastern Anatolia; inhabited since neolithic times; famous as a city of the Kingdom of Urartu (1400-1200 BC) in whose inscriptions it was known as Tuşpa [no publs. in LC data base])
Çınar, H. Lîstikên zarokan yên Kurd, 2005: p. 91, etc. (Wan)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 38°29ʹ39ʺN 043°22ʹ48ʺE)
Geographic area codea-tu---