Ağrı Province

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For Mount Ağrı (Ağrı Dağı), see Mount Ararat. For the capital of the province, see Ağrı.
Ağrı Province
Ağrı ili
Province
Location of the province within Turkey
Location of the province within Turkey
CountryTurkey
SeatAğrı
Government
 • GovernorMustafa Koç
Area
11,099 km2 (4,285 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
511,238
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0472
Websitewww.agri.gov.tr

Ağrı Province (

governor is Mustafa Koç.[4]

The province is considered part of

six Armenian vilayets.[7][8] The majority of the province's population are ethnic Kurds.[9][10]

Districts

Districts of Ağrı Province
Ishak Pasha Palace

Ağrı province is divided into eight districts (capital district in bold):

Geography

Ağrı province is surrounded by the Aras Mountains from the north.[11] Ağrı is named after the nearby Mount Ararat, a 5,137 metres (16,854 ft) high stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Turkey and a national symbol to Armenians (see Western Armenia). It can be climbed from here and can be seen from parts of Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, and Armenia. The nearest town to the mountain is Doğubayazıt.

46% of the province is mountainous, 29% is plain, 18% is plateau, and 7% high meadow. As well as Ararat there are many other peaks over 3,000m, including

Tendürek. The plains are fertile, being covered in volcanic deposits, and are used for growing grains and grazing. Various tributaries of the Murat River (which later feeds the Euphrates
) flow through the area and water these plains. The high meadows are used for grazing.

The weather here is very cold (average temperatures are around -10 °C (14 °F) in winter) and the mountainsides are mainly bare. There are a number of important passes and routes through the mountains.

History

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
192757,177—    
1935107,206+8.17%
1940121,477+2.53%
1950155,455+2.50%
1960215,116+3.30%
1970290,311+3.04%
1980368,009+2.40%
1990437,093+1.74%
2000528,744+1.92%
2010542,022+0.25%
2020535,435−0.12%
Source:Turkstat[12][13]
Ishak Paşa Sarayı in Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı Province, distant view 2006.

The plateau of Ağrı was controlled by the

Seljuq and Ottoman Turks
.

The first Muslims in the area were the

Erzurum Vilayet
during the Ottoman Empire.

Inspectorates-General

In the late 1920s, in an attempt to curb the Ararat rebellion,[14][15] the province was included into the First Inspectorate-General (Turkish: Birinci Umumi Müfettişlik)[16] comprising the provinces of Mardin, Diyarbakır, Van, Elazıĝ, Bitlis, Hakkari, Şanlıurfa and Siirt.[17]

In September 1935 the province was transferred into the third

Democrat Party.[20]

Recent events

On August 19, 2006, the Tabriz–Ankara gas pipeline exploded in the province. Turkish authorities suspect Kurdish rebels were behind the incident.[21]

Ağrı today

The economy is mainly agricultural. People also live by breeding animals. Ağrı attracts tourists to the mountains, for climbing and trekking in summers, and skiing in winters. Places of interest include:

Demographics

District Total Urban Rural
Ağrı 150,263 310,896 224,539
Patnos 123,203 63,786 59,417
Doğubayazıt 120,320 80,607 39,334
Diyadin 41,789 20,387 20,889
Eleşkirt 32,316 9,969 22,347
Tutak 29,987 7,018 22,969
Taşlıçay 20,028 6,180 13,848
Hamur 17,908 3,293 14,615
Province 535,435 310,896 224,539

References

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  2. ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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  4. ^ "Yöneticilerimiz". Ağrı Valiliği. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
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  11. ^ "Ağrı'nın Coğrafi Yapısı". agri.edu.tr. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Census Results". Turkstat. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Online library of Turkstat". Turkstat. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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  16. ^ Cagaptay (2006), p.24
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  18. ^ a b "Üçüncü Umumi Müfettişliği'nin Kurulması ve III. Umumî Müfettiş Tahsin Uzer'in Bazı Önemli Faaliyetleri". Dergipark. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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  21. ^ "Gas pipeline explodes in Turkish rebel region". CNN. 2006-08-19. Archived from the original on 2006-08-24. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
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