Edremit, Van

Edremit
View of Edremit beach
View of Edremit beach
Map showing Edremit District in Van Province
Map showing Edremit District in Van Province
Edremit is located in Turkey
Edremit
Edremit
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°25′27″N 43°15′22″E / 38.42417°N 43.25611°E / 38.42417; 43.25611
CountryTurkey
ProvinceVan
Government
 • Mayorİsmail Say (AKP)
Area
515 km2 (199 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
127,819
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0432
Websitewww.vanedremit.bel.tr

Edremit (Kurdish: Artemêt; Armenian: Արտամէտ, romanizedArtamet)[2] is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 515 km2,[4] and its population is 127,819 (2022).[1] In the 2013 reorganisation, part of the former central district of Van was attached to Edremit District.[5] It covers the southern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The district's central town, which has the same name, is situated on the coast of Lake Van at a distance of 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the city of Van.

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.