Sarıkamış

Also known as Sarıkamış, Kars

Sarıkamış or Sarikamish (, ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sarıkamış District. Its population is 15,260 (2022).

Key facts

Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Sarıkamış
Turkey place.province: Kars
Turkey place.district: Sarıkamış
Turkey place.leader_party: MHP
Turkey place.leader_name: Harun Hayali
Turkey place.elevation_m: 2100
Turkey place.population_total: 15260
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 36500
Turkey place.area_code: 0474

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Official name: Sarıkamış
Country: First Republic of Armenia
Official language: Turkish
Population: 42683
Area: 1732
Elevation: 2100
Time zone: time in Turkey
Official website: sarikamis.gov.tr
Image: Sarikamish-Atatürk monument.JPG

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postal code: 36500
urban population: 15787
native label: Sarıkamış
rural population: 23699
Commons category: Sarıkamış
name in kana: サリカミシュ

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Contents

History
Battle of Sarikamish
Climate
See also
References
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Sarıkamış or Sarikamish (, ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sarıkamış District. Its population is 15,260 (2022).

The town is perhaps best known for being the site of the Battle of Sarikamish, one of the major battles of the Caucasus front of World War I.thumb|425px|Upper Sarikamish in March 1916

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