Kars Province
| Kars Province Kars ili |
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| — Province o Turkey — | |
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| Kintra | Turkey |
| Region | Eastren Anatolie |
| Caipital | Kars |
| Aurie | |
| - Total | 9,587 km2 (3,701.6 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2010-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 301,766 |
| - Densitie | 31.5/km2 (81.5/sq mi) |
| Aurie code(s) | 0474 |
| Vehicil registration | 36 |
| Wabsteid | kars.gov.tr |
Kars is a province o Turkey, locatit in the northeastren pairt o the kintra. It shares pairt o its border wi the Republic o Armenie.
The provinces o Ardahan an Iğdır wur till the 1990s pairt o Kars Province.
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History [edit]
Kars wis unner the control o the Ottoman Empire for centuries. For a brief period, frae 1878 till 1917, it wis controlled bi Roushie. Frae 1918 tae 1920 the province wis unner the admeenistration o the Democratic Republic o Armenie as the Vanand province (wi the ceety o Kars as its caipital). Its territory wis cedit tae Turkey bi the Soviet Union in the Treaty o Kars.
Destricts [edit]
Kars province is dividit intae 8 destricts (ilçe), each named efter the admeenistrative center o the destrict:
There are 383 veelages in Kars.
Kars nature, wildlife an ecotourism [edit]
Kars haes a walth o wildlife that is being documentit bi the Kars-Igdir Biodiversity Project run bi the KuzeyDoga Society.[2] The project haes recordit 321 o Turkey's 465 bird species in the region. At least 214 o these occur at Kuyucuk Lake,[3] that is the maist important wetland in the province. Sarikamis Forests in the sooth harbor wolves, broun bear, lynx an ither animals, an Aras (Araxes) River wetlands comprise a key stop-ower steid for mony migratin birds. Aras River Bird Research an Education Center at Yukari Ciyrikli veelage haes recordit 218 bird species at this single location alane.
Monuments [edit]
Kars contains numerous monuments, the maist notable being the ruined Armenian ceety o Ani an the 9t century Kirk o the Apostles.
In popular cultur [edit]
Kars wis an aa the settin for the popular novel Snow bi Orhan Pamuk. The Siege of Kars, 1855 is a beuk published bi The Stationery Office, 2000, an is an accoont o its defence an capitulation as reportit bi ane General Williams, ane o mony Breetish officers lent tae the Turkis airmy tae lead garrisons an train regiments in the war against Roushie.
Gallery [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
- ↑ "KuzeyDoga Society"http://www.kuzeydoga.org
- ↑ "Kuyucuk Lake Project"http://www.kuyucuk.org
Freemit airtins [edit]
- (Turkis) Kars govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
- (Turkis) Kars municipality's offeecial wabsteid
- (Turkis) Kars Daily News
- (Inglis) Kars weather forecast information
- Pictures o the ceety o Kars an o nearbi Ani
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