Van

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Van is a historic city in eastern Anatolia, known as a major cultural and political center of ancient and medieval Armenian civilization on the shores of Lake Van.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Van canonical 45

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
administrativeCenterOf Van Province ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance major Urartian archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu

ancient Armenia ⓘ
medieval Armenia ⓘ
climate continental climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
elevation about 1727 meters above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroupHistorically Armenians ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent Kurds ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
formerName Biaina ⓘ
linked to: Biainili

Tushpa ⓘ
governingBody Van Municipality ⓘ
hasAirport Van Ferit Melen Airport ⓘ
hasAncientFortification Van Fortress ⓘ
hasLandmark Akdamar Island ⓘ
Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island ⓘ
Hosap Castle ⓘ
Rock of Van ⓘ
Van Castle ⓘ
hasUniversity Van Yuzuncu Yil University ⓘ
historicallySpokenLanguage Armenian ⓘ
Urartian ⓘ
linked to: Urartian language
historicalRegion Armenia ⓘ
Vaspurakan ⓘ
historicalRole capital of the Urartian kingdom ⓘ
major cultural center of Armenian civilization ⓘ
major political center of Armenian civilization ⓘ
languageSpoken Kurdish ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey

Van Province ⓘ
locatedInMountainSystem Armenian Highlands ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Van ⓘ
locatedOn eastern shore of Lake Van ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Lake Van ⓘ
nearBorderWith Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
partOf Eastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey
regionSpecialty Van breakfast ⓘ
Van cat ⓘ
linked to: Felis
religionHistorically Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
religionPresent Islam ⓘ
timeZone TRT ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

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

Kurmanji → majorCenter → Van ⓘ
Kurdistan → hasMajorCity → Van ⓘ
Eastern Turkey → containsCity → Van ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Turkey
Vaspurakan → capital → Van ⓘ
Tushpa → nearModernCity → Van ⓘ
Van Vilayet → capital → Van ⓘ
Van Vilayet → namedAfter → Van ⓘ
Van Taylor → nickname → Van ⓘ
Iğdır → locatedNorthOf → Van ⓘ
Qara Qoyunlu → capital → Van ⓘ
Van Cliburn → nickname → Van ⓘ
Bitlis → nearbyCity → Van ⓘ
Van Province → capital → Van ⓘ
Van Province → hasCity → Van ⓘ
Tatvan → hasNearbyCity → Van ⓘ
Mkrtich Khrimian → birthPlace → Van ⓘ
Aghtamar → locatedNear → Van ⓘ
Van Williams → givenName → Van ⓘ
Hoşap → nearbyCity → Van ⓘ