Tuşba district
Sign in to saveTuşba is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301 (2022). The district Tuşba was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district İpekyolu. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name Tuşba refers to Tushpa, the capital of the 1st millennium BC Urartu kingdom which was situated in Van.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Tuşba
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Tuşba Genel görünüm.jpg
- Turkey place.image_map
- Van location Tuşba.PNG
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Tuşba District in Van Province
- Turkey place.province
- Van
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Salih Akman
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 1948
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 1727
- Turkey place.population_total
- 163301
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0432
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Encyclopedic overview
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Tuşba is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301 (2022). The district Tuşba was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district İpekyolu. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name Tuşba refers to Tushpa, the capital of the 1st millennium BC Urartu kingdom which was situated in Van.
==Composition== There are 67 neighbourhoods in Tuşba District: Abdurrahmangazi Adıgüzel Akçaören Akçift Akköprü Alabayır Alaköy Altıntepe Arısu Aşit Atmaca Ayanıs Bağdaşan Bardakçı Beyüzümü Çakırbey Canik Çitören Çobanoğlu Çolpan Çomaklı Dağönü Değirmenözü Derebey Dibekdüzü Dilimli Ermişler Esenpınar Gedelova Göllü Gölyazı Gülsünler Güvençli Halkalı Hıdır İskele İstasyon Kalecik Karaağaç Kasımoğlu Kelle Koçköy Kolsatan Kozluca Kumluca Meydancık Mollakasım Ocaklı Otluca Özkaynak Özyurt Pirgarip Sağlamtaş Şahgeldi Satıbey Şemsibey Seyrantepe Tabanlı Tevekli Topaktaş Yanlızağaç Yaylıyaka Yemlice Yeniköşk Yeşilköy Yeşilsu Yumrutepe
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tuşba district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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