Tatvan (Bitlis province, Turkey) ~ population 57 000
N 38° 31.901 E 042° 19.159
38S E 266333 N 4268215
Depicted sign, marking Tatvan city limts and informing about its population, is located at D965 road (or Agri Bitlis Yolu, which means: Road Agri - Bitlis).
Waymark Code: WMJEBF
Location: Türkiye
Date Posted: 11/07/2013
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Depicted sign, marking Tatvan city limts and informing about its population, is located at D965 road (or Agri Bitlis Yolu, which means: Road Agri - Bitlis).
Tatvan (is a city at the western end of Lake Van, and is the regional center of the identically-named district within Bitlis Province in eastern Turkey. Tatvan is connected by train ferry across 96 km of Lake Van to Van which avoids 250 km of railway construction in mountainous terrain. This is a low capacity route which will be replaced by a proper railway when traffic increases. [wiki]