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| Region: | Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey |
| Area: | 5,661 (km²) |
| Total Population | 119,172 TUIK 2006 (est) |
| Licence plate code: | 75 |
| Area code: | 0478 |
| Governor Website | http://www.ardahan.gov.tr |
| Weather forecast | turkeyforecast.com/weather/ardahan |
Ardahan Province is a province in the far north-east of Turkey, at the very end of the country, where Turkey borders with Georgia and Armenia. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The provinces of Turkey are organized into 7 census-defined regions ( bölge) which were originally defined at the First Geography Congress in 1941 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Turkey is divided into 81 provinces called iller in Turkish (singular is il, see Turkish alphabet for capitalization of i Turkish car number plates are License plates found on Turkish vehicles Turkey went from six (2+4 to seven digits (3+4 local phone numbers c Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani
The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan. Ardahan (Արդահան Ардаган არტაანი is a city in northeastern Turkey on the Georgian border
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Etymology
Its historical names include Ардаган (Ardagan) in Russian, არტაანი, artaani in Georgian and Արդահան in Armenian. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Georgian (ka ქართული ენა kartuli ena) is the Official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus. The Armenian language (hy հայերեն լեզու hajɛɹɛn lɛzu —, conventional short form) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian
Geography
This is attractive open countryside which however spends many months of the year under snow. At this altitude temperatures quite commonly reach -20 and can drop below freezing right up until May.
The local economy depends on farming and raising livestock. Until 1993 Ardahan was a district of the province of Kars, becoming a province in its own right has meant more investment in infrastructure, but still this is an impoverished area that since the 1950s has seen a large number of its people migrate to other parts of Turkey or abroad. Kars may refer to Kars Turkey Kars Province, Turkey Kars Oblast, Russian Empire Kars Province The population declined from 170,000 people in 1990 to 119,000 in 2000. Ethnic groups in the region include, Kipchak Turkish, Turkman, Karapapaks and Azeri Turkish people. For the municipality in Azerbaijan see Qarapapaq. The Karapapak (Karapapakh Garapapag Terekeme are a small ethnic group of Turkic-speaking The Azerbaijanis are an Ethnic group mainly in the Republic of Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran. The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language
There are two crossing points into the Samtskhe-Javakheti district of Georgia, one at Posof and the other (currently closed) at Çıldır. Expulsion of Meskhetian Turks from Meshketi Meskhetian Turks or Meskhetians are the former Muslim inhabitants of Meskheti (now known as Samtskhe in Georgia Posof is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey, in the far east of the country on the border with Georgia, 75km from the city of Ardahan Çıldır is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey. Çıldır is also called Armenian: Հիւսիսեան ( Latin transliteration: The Turkish military have a strong presence in this border district, another boost to the local economy.
History
In 680 BC Scythians came across the Caucasus from the north and captured this area from the Urartu Kings that ruled from their capital on the shores of Lake Van to the south. The Scythians or Scyths (Σκύθες Σκύθοι were an Iranian speaking people of horse-riding Nomadic pastoralists who dominated the Pontic The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East Urartu ( Assyrian: Urarṭu Urartian: Biainili Ուրարտու was an Iron Age kingdom in Eastern Anatolia ( Transcaucasia) rising Lake Van (Van Gölü Gola Wanê Վանա լիճ Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van" is the largest Lake The Scythians were replaced by Persians and then in 330(?) BC Alexander the Great came through with his armies. layout and formatting it should ensure no clashes with the top of the infobox Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ'
In 1068 the Seljuk Turks of Alparslan brought Cuman and Pecenek tribes to settle in the area. The Seljuq (also Seljuq Turks, Seldjuks, Seldjuqs, Seljuks; in Turkish Selçuklular; in Ṣaljūqīyān; in Alp Arslan (1029 &ndash December 15, 1072) was the second sultan of the Seljuk dynasty and great-grandson of Seljuk, the Eponym of Cumans (Кумани Byzantine: Kuman or Cuman, Kunok Turkic: Kumanlar) were a nomadic Turkic people who inhabited a These were followed in 1124 by Christian Kipchak Turks from across the Caucasus. In the Ilhan era of 1267 the Kipchaks founded a dynasty, based in Akhaltsikhe that persisted until they were overthrown by the Ottoman Empire in 1578. Akhaltsikhe (ახალციხე Ahıska Ախալցխա Akhaltskha; also known as Lomsia) is a small city in southwestern Georgia, Mkhare The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish
The construction of the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline gave the local economy a brief boost from 2000 onwards.
Places of interest
- There are a number of medieval castles in the district including Ardahan Castle itself.
- At a certain time of the year Damal mountain throws a shadow that is a very lifelike silhouette of Ataturk. Damal, formerly Petereke, is a town and district of Ardahan Province of Turkey, on the road from Kars to Posof. See. [1]
Districts
Ardahan province is divided into 6 districts (capital district in bold):
References
This article about an Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey location is a stub. The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 923 Districts ( ilçeler; sing Ardahan (Արդահան Ардаган არტაანი is a city in northeastern Turkey on the Georgian border Çıldır is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey. Çıldır is also called Armenian: Հիւսիսեան ( Latin transliteration: Damal, formerly Petereke, is a town and district of Ardahan Province of Turkey, on the road from Kars to Posof. Göle ( Georgian: Kola (კოლა - k'ola) is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey. Hanak is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey on the road from Ardahan to Posof. Posof is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey, in the far east of the country on the border with Georgia, 75km from the city of Ardahan You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic