Tushpa

For the modern district in the Van Province, see Tuşba.

Tushpa
The citadel of Van and the ruins of Tushpa below
Tushpa
Shown within Turkey
LocationTurkey
RegionVan Province
Coordinates38°30′00″N 43°20′33″E / 38.50000°N 43.34250°E / 38.50000; 43.34250

Tushpa (Armenian: Տոսպ, Տուշպա֊Վան Tosp, Tushpa-Van, Akkadian: Turuspa, from Urartian tur-, to destroy i.e. victorious) was the 9th-century BC capital of Urartu, later becoming known as Van which is derived from Biainili, the native name of Urartu. The ancient ruins are located just west of modern-day Van, Turkey and east of Lake Van in Van Province. In 2016 it was inscribed in the Tentative list of World Heritage Sites in Turkey.

It was possibly pronounced as "Tospa" in ancient times as there was no symbolic O equivalent in Akkadian cuneiform so the symbol used for U was frequently substituted.

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