| ولايت وان Vilâyet-i Van | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1875–1922 | |||||||||
.svg) The Van Vilayet in 1900 | |||||||||
| Capital | Van[1] | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• Muslim, 1914[2] | 179,982 | ||||||||
• Armenian, 1914[2] | 67,792 | ||||||||
• Jewish, 1914[2] | 1,383 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1875 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1922 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
The Vilayet of Van[1] (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت وان, romanized: Vilâyet-i Van; Armenian: Վանի վիլայեթ, romanized: Vani vilayet) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had a population of about 400,000 and an area of 15,000 square miles (39,000 km2).[1]
- ^ a b c Geographical Dictionary of the World, p. 1909, at Google Books
- ^ a b c "1914 Census Statistics" (PDF). Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.