Van

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city historic city

Van is a historic city in eastern Anatolia, known as a major cultural and political center of ancient and medieval Armenian civilization on the shores of Lake Van.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Van canonical 16

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Van Province ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance major Urartian archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Urartu ⓘ
surface form: Urartu

ancient Armenia ⓘ
medieval Armenia ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
elevation about 1727 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroupHistorically Armenians ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent Kurds ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
formerName Biainili ⓘ
surface form: Biaina

Tushpa ⓘ
governingBody Van Municipality ⓘ
hasAirport Van Ferit Melen Airport ⓘ
hasAncientFortification Van Fortress ⓘ
hasLandmark Akdamar Island ⓘ
Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar ⓘ
surface form: Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island

Hosap Castle ⓘ
Rock of Van ⓘ
Van Castle ⓘ
hasUniversity Van Yuzuncu Yil University ⓘ
historicallySpokenLanguage Armenian ⓘ
Urartian language ⓘ
surface form: Urartian
historicalRegion Armenia ⓘ
Vaspurakan ⓘ
historicalRole capital of the Urartian kingdom ⓘ
major cultural center of Armenian civilization ⓘ
major political center of Armenian civilization ⓘ
languageSpoken Kurdish ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

Van Province ⓘ
locatedInMountainSystem Armenian Highlands ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Van ⓘ
locatedOn eastern shore of Lake Van ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Lake Van ⓘ
nearBorderWith Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
partOf eastern Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Anatolia Region
regionSpecialty Van breakfast ⓘ
Felis ⓘ
surface form: Van cat
religionHistorically Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
religionPresent Islam ⓘ
timeZone TRT ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bagratid Armenia → notableCity → Van ⓘ
Kurmanji → majorCenter → Van ⓘ
Kurdistan → hasMajorCity → Van ⓘ
eastern Turkey → containsCity → Van ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Turkey
Asian Turkey → containsCity → Van ⓘ
Hamidian massacres → location → Van ⓘ
Vaspurakan → capital → Van ⓘ
Urartian language → mainCorpusLocation → Van ⓘ
Tushpa → nearModernCity → Van ⓘ
Van Vilayet → capital → Van ⓘ
Van Vilayet → namedAfter → Van ⓘ
Van Vilayet → administrativeCenter → Van ⓘ
Van Taylor → nickname → Van ⓘ
Van Chancellor → givenName → Van ⓘ
Iğdır → locatedNorthOf → Van ⓘ
Qara Qoyunlu → capital → Van ⓘ