Tuşba is a new district and second level municipality in

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. According to Law act no 6360, all Turkish provinces with a population more than 750,000 were declared a metropolitan municipality and the

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within the metropolitan municipalities were transformed to second level municipalities. The law also creates new districts within the provinces in addition to present districts.Official gazette
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central district was split into two. A part was named ''Tuşba'' and the name Van was reserved for the metropolitan municipality. ( Tuşpa was the capital of the 1st millennium BC

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kingdom which was situated in Van.)

Rural area

There were 59 villages in the rural area of Tuşba district. Now their official status became "neighborhood of Tuşba".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tusba Districts of Van Province Kurdish settlements in Turkey