Van Province is a province in eastern Turkey, between Lake Van and the Iranian border. It is 19,069 km² in area and had a population of 1,035,418 at the end of 2010. Its adjacent provinces are Bitlis to the west, Siirt to the southwest, Sirnak and Hakkâri to the south, and Agri to the north. The capital is the city of Van. The majority of the province's population is Kurdish.