Kars Province
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Kars Province |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Location of Kars Province in Turkey | |
 |
|
| Overview | |
| Region: | Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey |
| Area: | 9,587 (km²) |
| Total Population | 287,106 TUIK 2006 (est) |
| Licence plate code: | 36 |
| Area code: | 0474 |
| Governor Website | http://www.Kars.gov.tr |
Kars is a province (Turkish: il) of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its border with the Republic of Armenia. From 1878 until 1917 most of the present-day Turkish province of Kars was part of the Russian oblast of Kars. In 1919 and 1920 the province came under the administration of the Democratic Republic of Armenia as the Vanand province (with the city of Kars as its capital). Its territory was ceded to Turkey by the Soviet Union in the Treaty of Kars. The provinces of Ardahan and Iğdır were until the 1990s part of Kars Province.
[edit] Districts
Kars province is divided into 8 districts (ilçe), each named after the administrative center of the district:
There are 383 villages in Kars.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
 Kars Province (in the East Anatolia region) of Turkey |
||
|---|---|---|
| Urban districts | Kars |    |
| Rural districts | Akyaka - Arpaçay - Digor - Kağızman - Sarıkamış - Selim - Susuz | |
|
Regions
|
||
| Aegean | ||
| Black Sea | ||
| Central Anatolia | ||
| East Anatolia | ||
| Marmara | ||
| Mediterranean Sea | ||
| Southeastern Anatolia | ||
This article about an Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey location is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
