The Town of Gevas and It's Functions

Abstract

Located on Van sub-region in eastern Anatolian region, standing on the southeastern of Van Lake, Gevas, as a settlement, is of 40 km far away from Van City. It has been established in a valley developed by Gevas river reaching to Van lake on Northern slopes of Cadir mountain which is on the North of southeastern Taurus extending to the South of Van lake. Developed along Gevas River reaching to Van Lake, Gevas has settlement history dating back to Urartu. The settlement ides Gevas, has been dominated by different civilisations during later periods, it was conquered by Ottoman 1548 and made a district in 1860. With area being 221 ha, Gevas has a population of 10988 to 2000 census of population. Gevas, a small settlement whit 2.000 population, from beginning of republic to 1950's. It has become settlement of over 10.000 people and of local centre, owing to in migration after 1950's. Being near to Van, Gevas has no functional diversity. It is a town which markets the agricultural and has bun duty products of small settlements belonging to himself and where administrative retail are concentrated on.