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Kars is a province (Turkish: il) of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its border with the Republic of Armenia. From 1878 until 1917 all of the present-day province of Kars was part of the Russian oblast of Kars. From 1918 to 1920 the province was under the administration of the Democratic Republic of Armenia as the Vanand province (with the city of Kars as its capital). Its territory was ceded to Turkey by the Soviet Union in the Treaty of Kars. The provinces of Ardahan and Iğdır were until the 1990s part of Kars Province.

Districts

Kars province is divided into 8 districts (ilçe), each named after the administrative center of the district:

Kars Nature and Wildlife

Kars has a wealth of wildlife that is being documented by the Kars-Igdir Biodiversity Project.^[1] The project has recorded 308 of Turkey's 465 bird species in the region. At least 191 of these occur at Kuyucuk Lake,^[2] that is the most important wetland in the province. Sarikamis Forests in the south harbor wolves, brown bear, lynx and other animals, and Aras (Araxes) River wetlands comprise a key stop-over site for many migrating birds. Aras River Bird Research and Education Center at Yukari Ciyrikli village has recorded 204 bird species at this single location alone.

Monuments

Kars contains numerous monuments, the most notable being the ruined city of Ani and the 9th century Church of the Apostles.

Trivia

External links

References

^ "KuzeyDoga Society"http://www.kuzeydoga.org
^ "Kuyucuk Lake Project"http://www.kuyucuk.org

Coordinates: 40°27′17″N 43°03′37″E / 40.45472, 43.06028

v • d • e Kars Province (in the Eastern Anatolia region) of Turkey

Urban districts	Kars

Rural districts	Akyaka - Arpaçay - Digor - Kağızman - Sarıkamış - Selim - Susuz

Regions	Provinces

Aegean	Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak

Black Sea	Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak

Central Anatolia	Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat

Eastern Anatolia	Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elazığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van

Marmara	Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova

Mediterranean	Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Mersin - Osmaniye

Southeastern Anatolia	Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak