Kars Province

E425470

province of Turkey

Kars Province is a northeastern region of Turkey known for its harsh winters, historic architecture, and strategic location bordering Armenia and Georgia.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Kars Province canonical	13
Kars Provincial authorities	1
Kars city	1
Kars region	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of Turkey ⓘ
area	approximately 9,400 square kilometres ⓘ
bordersCountry	Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersProvince	Ardahan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Ağrı Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Erzurum Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	continental climate ⓘ
contains	Akyaka district NERFINISHED ⓘ Ani archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ Arpaçay district NERFINISHED ⓘ City of Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ Digor district NERFINISHED ⓘ Kağızman district NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarıkamış district NERFINISHED ⓘ Selim district NERFINISHED ⓘ Susuz district NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ dairy production ⓘ
elevation	high plateau region ⓘ
famousProduct	Kars gravyer cheese ⓘ Kars honey ⓘ
governedBy	Governor of Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Kars Harakani Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	Ruins of Ani NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguages	Armenian (historically) ⓘ Azerbaijani NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ
hasPopulation	approximately 280,000–300,000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasRailConnection	Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	Ani is a UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent	Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) battleground ⓘ
historicalRegion	historic Armenian region of Shirak (partly) ⓘ
ISO3166-2Code	TR-36 NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	harsh winters ⓘ historic architecture ⓘ strategic border location ⓘ
largestCity	Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Eastern Anatolia Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Caucasus frontier ⓘ
officialLanguage	Turkish ⓘ
religionMajority	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
returnedTo	Republic of Turkey in 1921 via Treaty of Kars ⓘ
timeZone	TRT (UTC+3) ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	36 ⓘ
wasControlledBy	Russian Empire (late 19th–early 20th century) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kagizman → locatedIn → Kars Province ⓘ

Erzurum Province → borders → Kars Province ⓘ

Asian Turkey → containsCity → Kars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kars city

Bagaran → presentDayProvince → Kars Province ⓘ

Kars → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Kars Province ⓘ

Kars → isCapitalOf → Kars Province ⓘ

Ani → locatedIn → Kars Province ⓘ

Turkish–Armenian War (1920) → location → Kars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kars region

Church of Saint Gregory of Tigran Honents → locatedIn → Kars Province ⓘ

Cathedral of Ani → locatedIn → Kars Province ⓘ

Kur River → passesThrough → Kars Province ⓘ

Lake Çıldır → locatedIn → Kars Province ⓘ

Ağrı Province → borders → Kars Province ⓘ

Kagizman District → locatedIn → Kars Province ⓘ

Kagizman District → subdivisionOf → Kars Province ⓘ

municipality of Kagizman → subordinateTo → Kars Province ⓘ

subject surface form: municipality of Kağızman

this entity surface form: Kars Provincial authorities