First-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire
For other uses, see Van Province (disambiguation).
ولايت وان Vilâyet-i Van
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
1875–1922
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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Van Eyalet
Turkey
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]
^ abcGeographical Dictionary of the World, p. 1909, at Google Books
^ abc"1914 Census Statistics" (PDF). Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
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