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Ağrı Province

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province in east Turkey

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Ağrı Province is a region located in eastern Turkey that serves as part of the country's geography in that remote area. While specific details about its significance aren't provided here, it is an established administrative division in Turkey's eastern territory.

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Ağrı Valiliği

ağrı valiliği resmi sitesi

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Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Turkey
Continent
Asia
Capital
Ağrı
Official language
Turkish
Population
454387
Area
11099
Elevation
1640
Shares border with
Erzurum Province
Highest point
Mount Ararat
Official website
agri.gov.tr
Image
Ağrı districts.png
Households
112558
Life expectancy
76.86
Dialing code
472
Licence plate code
04
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topic's main category
Category:Ağrı Province
Commons category
Ağrı Province
category for people born here
Q17361824
category of associated people
Category:People from Ağrı Province
native label
Ağrı il
postal code
04000–04999
male population
236042
female population
218345
annual number of weddings
3132
suicide rate
4.11
total fertility rate
2.52
mean age
24.50
minimum temperature record
-45.6
maximum temperature record
39.9
name in kana
アール
water as percent of area
2.11
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Encyclopedic overview

Ağrı Province (Turkish: Ağrı ili, Armenian: Արարատ մարզ, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Agirîyê) is located in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east and the provinces of Kars to the north, Erzurum to the northwest, Muş and Bitlis to the southwest, Van to the south, and Iğdır to the northeast. Its area is 11,099 km, and its population is 511,238 (2023). The provincial capital is Ağrı, situated on a 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) high plateau. Doğubayazıt was the capital of the province until 1946. The current governor is Mustafa Koç.

The province is considered part of Western Armenia 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 part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ağrı Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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