Erciş
Sign in to saveErciş (; ; , historically , ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,133 km2, and its population is 171,000 (2022). It is located at the northern end of Lake Van. The district's population is predominantly Kurdish, characteristic of the broader Van Province region. Demographic studies of Turkey's Kurdish-majority provinces have consistently identified Van Province, including Erciş, among the areas with substantial Kurdish-speaking populations.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Erciş
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Erciş, Van.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Erciş city center
- Turkey place.image_map
- Van location Erciş.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Erciş District in Van Province
- Turkey place.province
- Van
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 2133
- Turkey place.population_total
- 171000
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 65400
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0432
- Turkey place.other_name
- Արճեշ • Erdiş
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Erciş (; ; , historically , ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,133 km2, and its population is 171,000 (2022). It is located at the northern end of Lake Van. The district's population is predominantly Kurdish, characteristic of the broader Van Province region. Demographic studies of Turkey's Kurdish-majority provinces have consistently identified Van Province, including Erciş, among the areas with substantial Kurdish-speaking populations.
== History == During Classical Antiquity, the town was known as Arsissa, and Archesh (Arčeš) in Armenian and Arjish in Arabic. The Byzantines knew it as Arzes (Ἂρζες or Ἀρζές) and the 10th-century emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos wrote in his De administrando imperio (Chapter XLIV) that it was under the rule of the Kaysite emirate of Manzikert.