TuÅŸba is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Van Province
Van Province (, , Armenian: ÕŽÕ¡Õ¶Õ« Õ´Õ¡Ö€Õ¦) is a province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. Its area is 20,921 km2, and its population is 1,128,749 (2022). ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 1,948 km
2, and its population is 163,301 (2022).
The district TuÅŸba was created at the
2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district
Ä°pekyolu
Ä°pekyolu is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046 (2022). The district Ä°pekyolu was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, 2013 reor ...
. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of
Van
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. There is some variation in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or ...
and the adjacent countryside. The name ''TuÅŸba'' refers to
Tushpa
Tushpa ( ''Tosp'', ''Tushpa-Van'', Akkadian: ''Turuspa'', from Urartianbr>tur-, ''to destroy''i.e. victorious) was the 9th-century BC capital of Urartu, later becoming known as Van which is derived from ''Biainili'', the native name of Urartu ...
, the capital of the 1st millennium BC
Urartu
Urartu was an Iron Age kingdom centered around the Armenian highlands between Lake Van, Lake Urmia, and Lake Sevan. The territory of the ancient kingdom of Urartu extended over the modern frontiers of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia.Kleiss, Wo ...
kingdom which was situated in Van.
Composition
There are 67
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in TuÅŸba District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Abdurrahmangazi
* Adıgüzel
* Akçaören
* Akçift
* Akköprü
* Alabayır
* Alaköy
* Altıntepe
* Arısu
* AÅŸit
* Atmaca
* Ayanıs
* BaÄŸdaÅŸan
* Bardakçı
* Beyüzümü
* Çakırbey
* Canik
* Çitören
* Çobanoğlu
* Çolpan
* Çomaklı
* Dağönü
* Değirmenözü
* Derebey
* Dibekdüzü
* Dilimli
* ErmiÅŸler
* Esenpınar
* Gedelova
* Göllü
* Gölyazı
* Gülsünler
* Güvençli
* Halkalı
* Hıdır
* Ä°skele
* Ä°stasyon
* Kalecik
* Karaağaç
* Kasımoğlu
* Kelle
* Koçköy
* Kolsatan
* Kozluca
* Kumluca
* Meydancık
* Mollakasım
* Ocaklı
* Otluca
* Özkaynak
* Özyurt
* Pirgarip
* SaÄŸlamtaÅŸ
* Åžahgeldi
* Satıbey
* Åžemsibey
* Seyrantepe
* Tabanlı
* Tevekli
* TopaktaÅŸ
* Yanlızağaç
* Yaylıyaka
* Yemlice
* Yeniköşk
* Yeşilköy
* YeÅŸilsu
* Yumrutepe
References
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Districts of Van Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Kurdish settlements in Turkey