Map of Erciş, Turkey

Erciş is a city in Van, Turkey, with a population of about 91,915. It lies at 39.0259°N, 43.3596°E. Erciş is about 907 km (563 mi) east of Ankara, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Patnos, 49 km to the northwest.

Erciş at a glance

Where is Erciş?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 25 min on the shortest day to 14 h 55 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Erciş

• Patnos — 49 km northwest
• Van — 59 km south
• Adilcevaz — 60 km southwest
• Ağrı — 81 km north
• Ahlat — 82 km west
• Doğubayazıt — 85 km northeast
• Maku — 99 km east, Iran
• Tatvan — 111 km southwest
• Iğdır — 116 km northeast
• Bitlis — 129 km southwest

Largest cities in Van

• Van — 525,016

Largest cities in Turkey

• Istanbul — 15,701,602
• Ankara — 3,517,182
• Bursa — 3,101,833
• İzmir — 2,938,292
• Gaziantep — 2,222,415
• Diyarbakır — 1,833,684
• Adana — 1,816,750
• Kayseri — 1,452,458
• Konya — 1,433,861
• Antalya — 1,335,002

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.