Place:Bitlis, Turkey

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NameBitlis
Alt namesBitlissource: Wikipedia
Bitlis Ilisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Bitlis Vilayetisource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Ḃitl̇issource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) II, 244
Ḃitl̇is provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates38.5°N 42.25°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoDoğu Anadolu,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ahlât
Aḋilcevaz
Catalerik
Dereağziz
Hizan
Kasrik
Kavak
Kotum
Mutk̇i
Tatvan
Tugkoyu
Ḃitl̇is
Ṁisk
Ṡimek
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Bitlis Province is a province of eastern Turkey, located to the west of Lake Van. The province is considered part of Western Armenia by Armenians. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. The current Governor of the province is Oktay Çağatay.

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