Kars

Summary

Kars is a city^[1]. Kars ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,204 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kars is located in Kars Province^[3].
• Kars is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Kars's image is recorded as Kars Panorama.JPG^[5].
• Kars's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Kars's instance of is recorded as district of Turkey^[7].
• Kars's instance of is recorded as municipality^[8].
• Kars's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bursa^[9].
• Kars's twinned administrative body is recorded as Edirne^[10].
• Kars's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ganja^[11].
• Kars's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kirkenes^[12].
• Kars's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stavropol^[13].
• Kars's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wesel^[14].
• Kars's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136073904^[15].
• Kars's GND ID is recorded as 4260372-9^[16].
• Kars's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82246253^[17].
• Kars's postal code is recorded as 36000^[18].
• Kars's Commons category is recorded as Kars^[19].
• Kars's licence plate code is recorded as 36^[20].
• Kars's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1838392^[21].
• Kars's located in time zone is recorded as time in Turkey^[22].
• Kars's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[23].
• Kars's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.60777777777778, 'lon': 43.09583333333333}^[24].
• Kars's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047sts^[25].
• Kars's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0334643^[26].
• Kars's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Eastern Anatolia Region^[27].

Body

Geography

Kars is in the country of Turkey^[4]. Kars is located in Kars Province^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kars's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1768'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+81742'}^[29], {'amount': '+76992'}^[30], {'amount': '+86349'}^[31], {'amount': '+90523'}^[32], {'amount': '+88183'}^[33], and {'amount': '+73826'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], district of Turkey^[7], and municipality^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kars include Kars Airport^[35], an airport^[36], in Turkey^[37], founded in 1988^[38].

Why It Matters

Kars ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,204 views/month).^[2] Kars has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Kars is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Kars include Kars Airport^[35], an airport^[36], in Turkey^[37], founded in 1988^[38].