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Bitlis

Western Asia

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.

Facts
Population
53,023 1
Elevation (m)
1500 2
Latitude
38.4 degrees north 2
Longitude
42.116667 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. Bitlis (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
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53023
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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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3. GeoNames: Bitlis - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 321025
    38.40115 42.10784 P PPLA TR 13 7732206 53023 1494 Europe/Istanbul
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1494 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 42.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 38.25, 42.25
38.25 42.25 Csa
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Wikidata: Bitlis
Wikidata Q83531, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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