Ardahan Province
Ardahan Province
Ardahan ili | |
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Country | Turkey |
Seat | Ardahan |
Government | |
• Governor | Hayrettin Çiçek |
Area | 4,934 km2 (1,905 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | 92,481 |
• Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Area code | 0478 |
Website | www |
Ardahan Province (Turkish: Ardahan ili; Kurdish: Parêzgeha Erdêxanê;[2] Georgian: არტაანის რეგიონი) is a province in the north-east of Turkey, bordering Georgia and Armenia. Its area is 4,934 km2,[3] and its population is 92,481 (2022).[1] The provincial capital is the city of Ardahan. Ardahan borders the Turkish provinces of Erzurum, Artvin and Kars.
Demographics
In 1886, 43,643 people lived in Ardahan Vilayet of which 46.6% was Turkish, 16% was Kurdish, 14.3% Karapapakh, 12.9% Greek, 7.2% Turkmen, 2.4% Russian and 0.6% Armenian. The town of Ardahan had a population of 778 of which 51.8% was Turkish, 22.1% Russian, 18.1% Armenian and 6.2% Greek.[4]
In the 1897
In 1908, Ardahan sancak had a population of 71,469 of which 41.6% was Turkish, 18.1% was Kurdish, 15.4% Greek, 14.4% Karapapakh, 7.9% Turkmen, 2.2% Russian and 0.4% Armenian.[7]
In the first Turkish census taking place in 1927, Ardahan District had a population of 88,989 of which 85.8% spoke
History
The first surviving record about this region is attributed to
In 1878, after the
The construction of the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline gave the local economy a brief boost from 2000 onwards.
Geography
Ardahan province is located in the far north east of Turkey, where the eastern extremity of the high plateau of
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
There are two crossing points into the Samtskhe–Javakheti district of Georgia, one at Posof and the other (currently closed) at Çıldır. The Turkish military have a strong presence in this border district, another boost to the local economy.
Climate
The predominant climate in the Ardahan province is humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) bordering on a subarctic climate (Dfc), with most large settlements in the province being located in lowest possible elevation areas, in attempt to avoid the year-round cold temperatures, thus staying just below the subarctic limit. Smaller locales, districts, villages and a significant portion of the landscape, exhibits a true subarctic climate (Dfc), being the second most widespread climate in the region.[17]
Districts
Ardahan province is divided into 6
Cities and towns
- Ardahan City 17,171 inh.
- Göle City 6,231 inh.
- Hanak City 4,030 inh.
- Damal City 3,804 inh.
- Köprülü Town 2,126 inh.
- Posof City 1,810 inh.
- Çıldır City 1,502 inh.
Places of interest
- There are a number of medieval castles in the district including Şeytan Castle.
- Lake Çıldır
- Phantom of Atatürk in city of Damal
There is a unique natural incident, between mid of June and mid July during sunset, depending on angles of the sunrays. An image resembling the silhouette of
See also
41°06′47″N 42°49′15″E / 41.11306°N 42.82083°E
Bibliography
- Şimşek, Oğuz. "Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin İlk Genel Nüfus Sayımında Ardahan Vilâyeti'nin Nüfus Özellikleri". BELGÜ (in Turkish): 209.
References
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- ^ "Bakûr di bin berfê de ye! Rêya 1.609 gundan hate girtin" (in Kurdish). Sopger. 18 January 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ Şimşek, p. 209.
- ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам. Российской Империи кроме губерний Европейской России". Demoscope (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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- ^ Şimşek, p. 210.
- ^ Şimşek, p. 221.
- ^ Şimşek, p. 224.
- ^ Ural, Selçuk (2016). "Atatürk Dönemi Iğdır'da Nüfus Sayımları (1923- 1938)" (PDF). Kafkas University Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences (in Turkish). Kafkas University: 525.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. 11.14.7 Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b (in Armenian) «Արդահան» [Ardahan]. Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1976, vol. ii, p. 7.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ D. E. Pitcher (1972). An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century. Brill Archive. p. 140. GGKEY:4CFA3RCNXRP. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
- ^ Kanun No. 3806, Resmî Gazete, 3 June 1992.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 11. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Climate:Ardahan". Climate-data.org. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
- ^ "Ardahan'da "Atatürk Silueti" görülmeye başlandı".