Tuşba

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Tuşba

Total population

163,320

Elevation1685 m

Land area1948 km²

Coordinates38.51°, 43.38°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

A

Arsen Tokhmakhean

Garegin Srvandztiants

Armenian writer

E

Eran Artsruni

T

Tatul Dilakyan

Armenian actor and singer (1913–1989)

J

Josef Byuzandyan

Soviet chess player

L

Levon Arisyan

H

Hmayak Harutyunyan

historian

H

Hovhannes Hakobyan

Armenian publicist, historian

H

Hrant Galikyan

M

Minas Hyusyan

Mkrtich Mkryan

Armenian literary scholar (1907–1983)

V

Vahan Hatsagortsyan

V

Vrtanes Akhikyan

F

Frederick Davis Greene

American clergyman

N

Naile Akıncı

Turkish painter (1923–2014)

Harutiun Jangülian

Armenian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Van

• Van
  1.3 mi away · pop. 1,141,015
• Edremit
  8.6 mi away · pop. 121,437
• Gürpınar
  13.2 mi away · pop. 36,133
• Özalp
  34.7 mi away · pop. 68,491
• Muradiye
  39 mi away · pop. 50,247
• Bahçesaray
  40.8 mi away · pop. 13,936
• Saray
  43.9 mi away · pop. 21,712
• Başkale
  47.5 mi away · pop. 54,204
• Çaldıran
  51.6 mi away · pop. 65,059
• San Salvo
  1522.4 mi away · pop. 20,016
• Vasto
  1523.4 mi away · pop. 41,087
• Lentella
  1525 mi away · pop. 768

Browse all places in Van →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.