Kars Province
Kars Province Kars ili | |
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 Location of Kars Province in Turkey | |
| Kintra | Turkey |
| Region | Eastren Anatolie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Electoral destrict | Kars |
| Area | |
| • Tot | 9,587 km2 (3,702 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Tot | 289,786 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
| Area code(s) | 0474 |
| Vehicle registration | 36 |
Kars is a province o Turkey, locate in the northeastren pairt o the kintra. It shares pairt o its mairches wi the Republic o Armenie.
The provinces o Ardahan an Iğdır wis pairt o Kars Province till the 1990s.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Kars province is dividit intae 8 destricts (ilçe), each named efter the admeenistrative centre o the destrict:
Thare 383 veelages in Kars.
Kars nature, wildlife an ecotourism
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Kars haes a walth o wildlife that is bein 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 thaim occur at Loch Kuyucuk,[3] that is the maist important wetland in the province. Sarikamis Wids in the sooth resets woufs, broun beir, lynx an ither ainimals, an Aras (Araxes) River wetlands comprise a key stap-ower steid for mony migratin birds. Aras River Bird Research an Eddication Center at Yukari Ciyrikli veelage haes recordit 218 bird species at this single location alane.
Monuments
[eedit | eedit soorce]Kars conteens numerous monuments, the maist notable bein the ruined Armenian ceety o Ani an the 9t century Kirk o the Apostles.
In popular cultur
[eedit | eedit soorce]Kars wis 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 agin Roushie.
Gallery
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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 Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Kars Province. |
- (in Turkis) Kars govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
- (in Turkis) Kars municipality's offeecial wabsteid
- (in Turkis) Kars Daily News
- (in Inglis) Kars weather forecast information Archived 2011-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Pictures o the ceety o Kars an o nearbi Ani
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Regions | ||
| Aegean | ||
| Black Sea | ||
| Central Anatolie | ||
| Eastern Anatolie | ||
| Marmara | ||
| Mediterranean | ||
| Sootheastren Anatolie | ||
