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 | |
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.
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