Lake Van region

E562149

cultural region geographical region

The Lake Van region is an area in eastern Turkey centered around Lake Van, known for its historic Armenian heritage, ancient monasteries, and distinctive volcanic landscape.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Van region canonical	10
Lake Van basin	3
Hakkari–Urmia area	1
eastern shore of Lake Van	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
borders	Ağrı Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Hakkari Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Muş Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Siirt Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	continental climate ⓘ
contains	Ahlat medieval cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ Akdamar Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Artos NERFINISHED ⓘ Narekavank (site) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nemrut Crater Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Urartian archaeological sites ⓘ Van Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ Varagavank Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
ethnicallyAssociatedWith	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ
famousFor	Van cats NERFINISHED ⓘ Van cheese ⓘ breakfast culture in Van city ⓘ
geology	tectonic basin ⓘ volcanic plateau ⓘ
hasCenter	Lake Van NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	alkaline lake waters ⓘ high elevation ⓘ semi-arid steppe ⓘ
hasPart	Adır Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Ahlat district NERFINISHED ⓘ Ahlat town NERFINISHED ⓘ Akdamar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Bitlis Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Edremit (Van) NERFINISHED ⓘ Erciş NERFINISHED ⓘ Gevaş district NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Van NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Süphan NERFINISHED ⓘ Muradiye NERFINISHED ⓘ Nemrut volcano NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatvan district NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Van city NERFINISHED ⓘ Çarpanak Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCenterOf	Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Armenian kingdoms ⓘ
knownFor	Armenian church architecture ⓘ ancient monasteries ⓘ distinctive volcanic landscape ⓘ historic Armenian heritage ⓘ medieval fortresses ⓘ rock-cut inscriptions ⓘ saline soda lake ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken	Kurdish ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken	Armenian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Lake Van NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	historic Armenian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ historic Greater Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionCurrentlyDominant	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant	Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismAttraction	Ahlat tombstones NERFINISHED ⓘ Akdamar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Nemrut Crater Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Khorgom → locatedIn → Lake Van region ⓘ

Khorgom → partOf → Lake Van region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Van basin

Menua → regionRuled → Lake Van region ⓘ

Sarduri I → placeOfRule → Lake Van region ⓘ

Rusa I → associatedWith → Lake Van region ⓘ

Biainili → modernNameOfRegion → Lake Van region ⓘ

Urartian language → region → Lake Van region ⓘ

Shivini → regionOfCult → Lake Van region ⓘ

Tushpa → locatedOn → Lake Van region ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern shore of Lake Van

Tushpa → overlooks → Lake Van region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Van basin

Urmia dialect → region → Lake Van region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hakkari–Urmia area

Süphan Mountain → isLandmarkOf → Lake Van region ⓘ

Van Fortress → hasView → Lake Van region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Van basin

Assyrian–Urartian wars → theaterOfWar → Lake Van region ⓘ

Augustan wars → hasLocation → Lake Van region ⓘ