Place:Agri, Turkey

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NameAgri
Alt namesAğrısource: Wikipedia
Ağrisource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 666
Ağrıisource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Ağrıi provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeProvince
Coordinates39.5°N 43.25°E
Located inTurkey
See alsoDoğu Anadoluremoved name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Dedel̇i
Dogubayazit ( 100 - )
Eleskirt
Hamur
Karakose
Mollahasan
Musun
Patnos
Sarisu
Taskin
Tutak
Ḋiyaḋin
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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The Ağrı Province is a province in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east, Kars to the north, Erzurum to the northwest, Muş and Bitlis to the southwest, Van to the south, and Iğdır to the northeast. It has an area of 11,376 km² and a population of 535,435 as of 2020. The provincial capital is Ağrı, situated on a high plateau. Doğubayazıt was the capital of the province until 1946. The current governor is Süleyman Elban.

The province is considered part of Western Armenia by Armenians and was part of the ancient province of Ayrarat of Kingdom of Armenia. Before the Armenian genocide, modern Ağri Province was part of the six Armenian vilayets. The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.

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