Eleşkirt
Sign in to saveEleşkirt () is a town of Ağrı Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Eleşkirt District. Its population is 10,191 (2021). Its name is a transference from Alashkert (), the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as Vagharshakert in medieval sources. At the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 approximately half of the population consisted of Armenians and the rest of Kurds and Turks.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Eleşkirt
- Turkey place.other_name
- Alashkert • Ալաշկերտ
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Zêdka (Eleşkirt), Agirî.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- General view of Eleşkirt. Mount Kösedağ appears in the background
- Turkey place.province
- Ağrı
- Turkey place.district
- Eleşkirt
- Turkey place.leader_party
- SP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Ramazan Yakut
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 1,840
- Turkey place.population_total
- 10191
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
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Eleşkirt () is a town of Ağrı Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Eleşkirt District. Its population is 10,191 (2021). Its name is a transference from Alashkert (), the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as Vagharshakert in medieval sources. At the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 approximately half of the population consisted of Armenians and the rest of Kurds and Turks.
The mayor is Ramazan Yakut (Felicity Party).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eleşkirt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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