Tatvan

Tatvan (Armenian: Դատվան Datvan, Kurdish: Tetwan[3]) is a city on the western shore of Lake Van. It is the chief city of Tatvan District within Bitlis Province in eastern Turkey, and has about 96,000 inhabitants. The current Mayor is Mehmet Emin Geylani (AKP).[4]

Tatvan
Overview of Tatvan from Nemrut-Dagi
Tatvan
Coordinates: 38°30′08″N 42°16′53″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBitlis
Government
 • MayorMehmet Emin Geylani (AKP)
 • KaymakamMehmet Ali Özkan
Area
 • District1,606.46 km2 (620.26 sq mi)
Elevation
1,690 m (5,540 ft)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
67,035
 • District
85,490
 • District density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Post code
13200
Websitewww.tatvan.bel.tr

Transport

The Tatvan Pier railway station, which is the eastern terminus of the railway line between Ankara and Teheran, with freight and passenger trains.[5] It is connected eastwards to Van, 100 km away, and westwards to the rest of Turkey, by State Road D300. There is also a train ferry across the lake Van.[5] The ferry was upgraded in 2015.

There is no railway around the lake to Van; it is intended eventually to build one but to date there are no plans. This would actually create an unbroken rail link between Europe and the Indian subcontinent, as Van is effectively the western terminus of the Iranian railway network.

There is Bus station about 500 meters from the train station.[6]

Climate
Climate data for Tatvan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 0.6
(33.1)		 1.5
(34.7)		 5.1
(41.2)		 11.5
(52.7)		 17.2
(63.0)		 23.3
(73.9)		 28.1
(82.6)		 28.0
(82.4)		 23.8
(74.8)		 16.1
(61.0)		 8.9
(48.0)		 2.9
(37.2)		 13.9
(57.1)
Average low °C (°F) −5.0
(23.0)		 −5.5
(22.1)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 2.8
(37.0)		 6.9
(44.4)		 10.8
(51.4)		 14.5
(58.1)		 14.2
(57.6)		 10.6
(51.1)		 5.7
(42.3)		 0.7
(33.3)		 −3.2
(26.2)		 4.2
(39.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 89
(3.5)		 107
(4.2)		 111
(4.4)		 124
(4.9)		 79
(3.1)		 26
(1.0)		 6
(0.2)		 6
(0.2)		 13
(0.5)		 80
(3.1)		 108
(4.3)		 95
(3.7)		 844
(33.2)
Source: Climate-data.org

See also

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Avcýkýran, Dr. Adem (ed.). "Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî" (PDF). Tirsik. p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. Şafak, Yeni (2019-05-11). "Bitlis Tatvan Seçim Sonuçları – Tatvan Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  5. "Transasia Express (Ankara Tehran train)". Rail Turkey En. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  6. "Tatvan train station". Rail Turkey En. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-11-06.

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