Posof
Sign in to savePosof (, formerly ) is a town in Ardahan Province of Turkey, in the far east of the country, 75 km from the city of Ardahan and near the border with Georgia. It is located in the historical region of Samtskhe. It is the administrative centre of the Posof District. Its population is 2,106 (2021). thumb|View of Posof from Ilgar Mountain
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Posof
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Posof landscape.JPG
- Turkey place.image_caption
- View of Posof city
- Turkey place.province
- Ardahan
- Turkey place.district
- Posof
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Erdem Demirci
- Turkey place.population_total
- 2106
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2021
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 75800
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Ardahan Province
- Population
- 6805
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Image
- Posof pic.jpg
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- native label
- Posof
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- Posof
- urban population
- 4505
- rural population
- 2074
- name in kana
- ポソフ
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Encyclopedic overview
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Posof (, formerly ) is a town in Ardahan Province of Turkey, in the far east of the country, 75 km from the city of Ardahan and near the border with Georgia. It is located in the historical region of Samtskhe. It is the administrative centre of the Posof District. Its population is 2,106 (2021). thumb|View of Posof from Ilgar Mountain
==Geography== Posof is high in the mountains near the source of the River Çoruh, much of the district is pine forest. The town consists of the quarters Merkez and Doğrular.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Posof” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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