- Tatvan
Tatvan is a city at the western end of
Lake Van , and is the regional center of the identically-named district withinBitlis Province in easternTurkey . It has about 96,000 inhabitants.Transport
Tatvan is connected by
Train ferry across 96km ofLake Van to Van which avoids 250km of railway construction in mountainous terrain. This is a low capacity route which will be replaced by a proper railway when traffic increases.External links
* [http://www.tatvan.bel.tr Mayor's web site]
* [http://www.tatvan.net/tatvan_english.html Tatvan (Article in English)]
* [http://www.tatvanliyiz.biz Tatvanliyiz.Biz]References
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/13/Tatvan.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 1642m - Railways are red dots]
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