Bitlis is a city in southeastern Turkey, seat of both Bitlis District and Bitlis Province, with a population of 53,023 as of 2021. It sits at an elevation of 1,545 meters in the steep-sided valley of the Bitlis River, a tributary of the Tigris, 15 kilometers from Lake Van, and its local economy rests mainly on agriculture along with limited leatherworking, tobacco processing and textile dyeing.
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Elevation (m) Sources
1. Bitlis (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_totalQuote, Infobox: population_total
53023
2. Bitlis (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 38.4, longitude 42.116667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1500 m
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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