Kars Province

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
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
Kars province is dividit intae 8 destricts (ilçe), each named efter the admeenistrative centre o the destrict:
Akyaka
Arpaçay
Digor
Kağızman
Kars
Sarıkamış
Selim
Susuz

Thare 383 veelages in Kars.

Kars nature, wildlife an ecotourism
Kars haes a walth o wildlife that is bein documentit bi the Kars-Igdir Biodiversity Project run bi the KuzeyDoga Society."KuzeyDoga Society"http://www.kuzeydoga.org  The project haes recordit 321 o Turkey's 465 bird species in the region. At least 214 o thaim occur at Loch Kuyucuk,"Kuyucuk Lake Project"http://www.kuyucuk.org  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
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
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

References

Freemit airtins

  Kars govrenor's offeecial wabsteid
  Kars municipality's offeecial wabsteid
  Kars Daily News
  Kars weather forecast information 
 Pictures o the ceety o Kars an o nearbi Ani

Category:Provinces o Turkey
Category:States an territories established in 1920