Kars Province

Kars is a province of Turkey. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its border with the Republic of Armenia. 

From 1878 until 1917 most of the present-day Turkish province of Kars was part of the Russian oblast of Kars. 

In 1919 and 1920 the province came under the control of the Democratic Republic of Armenia as the Vanand province (with the city of Kars as its capital). Its territory was ceded to Turkey by the Soviet Union in the Treaty of Kars. 

 Districts 
Kars province is divided into 8 districts (ilçe), each named after the administrative center of the district:
Akyaka
Arpaçay
Digor
Kağızman
Kars
Sarıkamış
Selim
Susuz

There are 383 villages in Kars.

 Other websites 
 Pictures of the capital of this province and of nearby Ani

Category:Provinces of Turkey
Category:Eastern Anatolia Region