Places · region
Van vilayet
Vaspurakan (arm). Includes Van, Başkale, Hakkari sancaks.
38.6000, 43.5000
- Armenian
- Kurdish
Place context
Baseline place context
Van vilayet is recorded as a region. Alternate names and historical labels: Vaspurakan (arm). Includes Van, Başkale, Hakkari sancaks.. Coordinates are 38.6, 43.5.
Seeded demographic observations include 1912 Armenian 28%; 1914 Armenian 18%; 1914 Kurdish 50%; 1927 Kurdish 78%. No event relation is attached yet.
This baseline note identifies why the place exists in the atlas and should be replaced by a richer treatment of settlement, administrative history, demographic change, and connected events. editorial
Demographics over time
| Year | People | Share | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1828 | Armenian | 35% | , | Kemal H. Karpat |
| 1828 | Kurdish | 50% | , | Kemal H. Karpat |
| 1912 | Armenian | 28% | 197,000 | Patriarch Maghakia Ormanian (compiled) |
| 1914 | Kurdish | 50% | , | Kemal H. Karpat |
| 1914 | Armenian | 18% | 67,792 | Kemal H. Karpat |
| 1927 | Kurdish | 78% | , | Raymond Kévorkian |
| 1927 | Armenian | 0% | 0 | Raymond Kévorkian |