Tuşba is a municipality and district of Van Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301 (2022). The district Tuşba was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district İpekyolu. It covers the northern part of the agglomeration of Van and the adjacent countryside. The name Tuşba refers to Tushpa, the capital of the 1st millennium BC Urartu kingdom which was situated in Van.

Composition

There are 67 neighbourhoods in Tuşba District:

Tuşba

Abdurrahmangazi

Adıgüzel

Akçaören

Akçift

Akköprü

Alabayır

Alaköy

Altıntepe

Arısu

Aşit

Atmaca

Ayanıs

Bağdaşan

Bardakçı

Beyüzümü

Çakırbey

Canik

Çitören

Çobanoğlu

Çolpan

Çomaklı

Dağönü

Değirmenözü

Derebey

Dibekdüzü

Dilimli

Ermişler

Esenpınar

Gedelova

Göllü

Gölyazı

Gülsünler

Güvençli

Halkalı

Hıdır

İskele

İstasyon

Kalecik

Karaağaç

Kasımoğlu

Kelle

Koçköy

Kolsatan

Kozluca

Kumluca

Meydancık

Mollakasım

Ocaklı

Otluca

Özkaynak

Özyurt

Pirgarip

Sağlamtaş

Şahgeldi

Satıbey

Şemsibey

Seyrantepe

Tabanlı

Tevekli

Topaktaş

Yanlızağaç

Yaylıyaka

Yemlice

Yeniköşk

Yeşilköy

Yeşilsu

Yumrutepe

References

Districts of Van Province

Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey

Kurdish settlements in Turkey

Tuşba