Kars
Կարս Qers | |
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Clockwise from top: View of Kars city centre, Castle of Kars, Panoramic view of Kars Topçuoğlu Hamam and Taşköprü, Cathedral of Kars | |
  Kars Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′28″N 43°05′45″E / 40.60778°N 43.09583°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kars |
| District | Kars |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Türker Öksüz (trustee) |
| Elevation | 1,768 m (5,801 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 91,450 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 36000 |
| Area code | 0474 |
| Website | www |
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.
- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ 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) - ^ Adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 57. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ İl Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Strabo. "Geography Stabo - Book XI - Chapter XIV". Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- ^ Gazete, Banka (26 November 2021). "Kars'ta Modern Besi Çiftliği ve Kesimhane tamamlanıyor". Gazete Banka. p. https://gazetebanka.com/. Retrieved 26 November 2021.