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Kars

For other uses, see Kars (disambiguation).
Kars
Կարս
Qers
Municipality
Clockwise from top: View of Kars city centre, Castle of Kars, Panoramic view of Kars Topçuoğlu Hamam and Taşköprü, Cathedral of Kars
Kars is located in Turkey
Kars
Kars
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°36′28″N 43°05′45″E / 40.60778°N 43.09583°E / 40.60778; 43.09583
CountryTurkey
ProvinceKars
DistrictKars
Government
 • MayorTürker Öksüz (trustee)
Elevation
1,768 m (5,801 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
91,450
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code
36000
Area code0474
Websitewww.kars.bel.tr

Kars (Armenian: Կարս or Ղարս;[2] Azerbaijani: Qars; Kurdish: Qers[3]) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District.[4] As of 2022, its population was 91,450.[1] Kars, in classical historiography (Strabo), was in the ancient region known as Chorzene (Greek: Χορζηνή), part of the province of Ayrarat in the Kingdom of Armenia,[5] and later the capital of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia from 929 to 961. Currently, the mayor of Kars is Türker Öksüz.[6] The city had an Armenian ethnic majority until it was re-captured by Turkish nationalist forces in late 1920.

  1. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. ^ Arakelyan, Babken; Vardanyan, Vrezh; Khalpakhchyan, Hovhannes (1979). "s.v. Kars". Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. Yerevan. pp. 342–343.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. ^ İl Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  5. ^ Strabo. "Geography Stabo - Book XI - Chapter XIV". Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  6. ^ Gazete, Banka (26 November 2021). "Kars'ta Modern Besi Çiftliği ve Kesimhane tamamlanıyor". Gazete Banka. p. https://gazetebanka.com/. Retrieved 26 November 2021.

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