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Kars Province

province in northeastern Turkey
Administrative Area Province Of Turkey Q83077

Facts

34 properties

Identity

Instance of
province of Turkey
Official website
www.kars.gov.tr[31]
Native label
Kars ili[39]

Location

Country
Turkey[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.455°, 43.060°
Continent
Asia[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Turkey[2]
Shares border with
Ardahan Province, Shirak Province, Aragatsotn Province, Iğdır Province, Ağrı Province, Erzurum Province[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Population and size

Area
+9442, +10193
Elevation above sea level
+1750
Female population
+123265[37]
Male population
+130138[38]
Population
253k (253k–296k, n=3)[32][33][34]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 288,878 · 296,466 · 253,403 GeoNames 272,300 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
474[30]
Postal code
36000–36999[27]
More facts +19
Part of
Ağrı Subregion[28]
Annual number of weddings
1.5k (1.4k–2.7k, n=14)
Capital
Kars[5]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Akyaka, Arpaçay, Digor, Kağızman, Kars, Sarıkamış, Selim, Susuz, Akyaka district, Digor district, Susuz district, Kağızman, Arpaçay district, Sarıkamış district, Selim district, Kars district[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Different from
Cars
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Turkey/Kars
Köppen climate classification
warm-summer humid continental climate
Life expectancy
77.1 (77.1–77.7, n=5)
Maximum temperature record
+37.1
Mean age
29.7 (24.4–29.7, n=15)
Minimum temperature record
-37
Name in kana
カルス[40]
Number of households
+72769[36]
Office held by the head of government
Governor of Kars Province[35]
Official language
Turkish[6]
Suicide rate
6.87 (3.78–9.17, n=15)
Total fertility rate
1.62 (1.62–1.94, n=13)
Vehicle registration plate code
36[29]
Water as percent of area
+1.04
🏷️ Also known as
en Qers en Kars Province ar ولاية قارص ar قارص ar محافظة كارس cs Karská provincie de Qers de TR-36 de Provinz Kars el Επαρχία Καρς es Província de Kars es Qers fa استان قارص fi Karsin maakunta fr Province de Kars fr Qers he נפת קארס he פרובינציית קארס he קארס hi कार्स प्रांत
🔖 Identifiers · 35
VIAF cluster ID
143071118
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80162174
GND ID
4464753-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kars Province Subdivisions.png ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
42266
Armeniapedia ID
6041
BabelNet ID
03776164n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
135104520
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--56626
EU Knowledge Graph item ID
Novoyasenevskaya
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Kars
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
TU84, TU36
Show all 35 identifiers +23
Freebase ID
/m/03lttk
GADM ID
TUR.45_1
GNS Unique Feature ID
-758248
GeoNames ID
743942
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7002782
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m047sts
HASC
TR.KA
INaturalist place ID
12266
ISO 3166-2 code
TR-36
J9U entity ID
987007564567005171
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
69
Mindat locality ID
334039
MusicBrainz area ID
48645dbc-cefa-4df8-86f5-9392ae04c114
NUTS code
TRA22
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
670386
OpenStreetMap relation ID
186431
Quora topic ID
Kars
RKD thesaurus ID
40027
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
kars
Topic's main category
Category:Kars Province
Turkey province ID
36
Who's on First ID
85679475
Yale LUX ID
place/f6acb18a-f015-48f8-a5a7-7ca5f2637134
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Edition
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 76
Kars, Ani, Sarıkamış, Kağızman, Çıldır, Digor, Akyaka, Selim +68 more
Contains the administrative territorial entity 9
Kars, Sarıkamış, Kağızman, Digor, Akyaka, Selim, Susuz, Arpaçay +1 more
Shares border with 6
Ağrı Province, Ardahan Province, Erzurum Province, Iğdır Province, Aragatsotn Province, Shirak Province
← Category combines topics 6
Category:Populated places in Kars Province, Category:People from Kars Province, Category:Buildings and structures in Kars Province, Category:Births in Kars Province, Category:Transport in Kars Province, Category:Tourist attractions in Kars Province
← Shares border with 4
Ağrı Province, Ardahan Province, Erzurum Province, Iğdır Province
Capital 1
Kars
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Kars Province
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Kars Province
Continent 1
Asia
Country 1
Turkey
Different from 1
Cars
EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Novoyasenevskaya
Instance of 1
province of Turkey
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Turkey
Official language 1
Turkish
People born here 1
Qanate Kurdo
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kars Province
← Applies to jurisdiction 1
Kars Regional Directorate of the Conservation Board of Cultural Assets
← Capital of 1
Kars
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kars Province
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Turkey
← Different from 1
Cars
← FactGrid item ID 1
Biersdorf am See
← Indigenous to 1
Azerbaijani
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Kars Province is a province of Turkey located in Turkey, situated on the continent of Asia [1][2][3]. Its capital is Kars, and the official language is Turkish [3]. The province had a population of 253,000 in 2021 [4].

The area of Kars Province is 9,400 square kilometers, and its elevation is 1,800 meters above sea level [5]. These geographic characteristics define its physical landscape and climate conditions within the region. No additional details about its history, economy, or culture are provided in the facts [1][2][3][3][4][5].

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Physical Characteristics

Areas include 9442 km²[41] and 10,193 km²[42]. Kars Province sits at an elevation of 1750 m[43].

Climate and Environment

Kars Province's Köppen climate classification is recorded as warm-summer humid continental climate[44].

Related Entities

Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  34. [35] ↑ . tbb.gov.tr. tbb.gov.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  36. [37] ↑ . Turkish Statistical Institute. data.tuik.gov.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . Turkish Statistical Institute. data.tuik.gov.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  40. [43] ↑ . tarimorman.gov.tr. tarimorman.gov.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  42. [42] ↑ . harita.gov.tr. harita.gov.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . mgm.gov.tr. mgm.gov.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Akyaka, Arpaçay, Digor +2
    "Changed claim: Contains the administrative territorial entity: Arpaçay district, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Arpaçay district → Arpaçay district (…"
  2. 27w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → 1,750 metre
    Country → Turkey
    Köppen climate classification → warm-summer humid continental climate
    Category for people who died here → Wikidata item
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Turkey province ID: 36, batch #257264"
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