Muradiye district
Muradiye (, ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 45,718 (2022). It is best known for its impressive waterfalls.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Muradiye
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Muradiye Waterfalls.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Muradiye Waterfalls
- Turkey place.image_map
- Van location Muradiye.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Muradiye District in Van Province
- Turkey place.province
- Van
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 912
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 1700
- Turkey place.population_total
- 45718
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 65500
Article
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- History
- Forced evacuations
- Government
- Composition
- Climate
- Education
- Earthquake
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Muradiye (, ) is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 912 km2, and its population is 45,718 (2022). It is best known for its impressive waterfalls.
==History== left|250px|thumb|Remains of the St. Stephen Armenian Church The tenth-century Byzantine text De Administrando Imperio mentions "Perkri" belonging to King Ashot I Bagratuni at the beginning of the ninth century before being turned over to an Arab ruler, Abu'l-Ward. After the death of Ashot's son, Smbat I, another Arab ruler, Abu Sawada, took possession of Berkri.