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Bitlis Province

Bitlis Province
Bitlis ili
View of the Tombstones of Ahlat
Location of the province within Turkey
Location of the province within Turkey
CountryTurkey
SeatBitlis
Government
 • GovernorErol Karaömeroğlu
Area
8,294 km2 (3,202 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
353,988
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0434
Websitewww.bitlis.gov.tr

Bitlis Province (Turkish: Bitlis ili; Armenian: Բաղեշի մարզ, romanizedBagheshi marz;[2] Kurdish: Parêzgeha Bidlîsê)[3] is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. It takes its name from the central city, Bitlis. Its area is 8,294 km2,[4] and its population is 353,988 (2022).[1] The province is considered part of Western Armenia by Armenians.[5] The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.[6][7] The current Governor of the province is Erol Karaömeroğlu.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ Hakobyan, Tadevos (1987). Պատմական Հայաստանի քաղաքները [Cities of historic Armenia] (in Armenian). Yerevan: "Hayastan" Publishing. p. 98.
  3. ^ "Li Bidlîsê qedexeya derketina derve". Rûadw (in Kurdish). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ Myhill, John (2006). Language, Religion and National Identity in Europe and the Middle East: A historical study. Amsterdam: J. Benjamins. p. 32. ISBN 978-90-272-9351-0.
  6. ^ Watts, Nicole F. (2010). Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-295-99050-7.
  7. ^ "Kurds, Kurdistān". Encyclopaedia of Islam (2 ed.). BRILL. 2002. ISBN 978-90-04-16121-4.
  8. ^ "Yöneticilerimiz". Bitlis Valiliği. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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