| Ağrı | |
|---|---|
| — Town — | |
| Location of Ağrı within Turkey. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Region | Eastern Anatolia |
| Province | Ağrı |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hasan Arslan (AKP) |
| • Governor | Halil İbrahim Akpınar |
| Elevation | 1,665 m (5,463 ft) |
| Population (2009 [1]) | |
| • Urban | 99 336 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 04xxx |
| Licence plate | 04 |
| Website | www.agri.bel.tr/ |
Ağrı (Kurdish: Qerekose[2]) formerly Karaköse or Karakilise (before 1919), is the capital of Ağrı Province at the eastern end of Turkey, near the border with Iran. The population of Ağrı is made up predominantly of Azeri, Kurdish and mostly Turkish people ethnically.
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In the Ottoman Empire era the area was called Şorbulak, and Karakilise (black church). It then mutated to Karaköse (the black man with no moustache) towards the end of the Ottoman period. The name "Ağrı" might have been given by the Turkish government because of the Ağrı rebellion.
This is a very poor region with extremely cold winters. Most people live by grazing animals on the mountainside. Few people manage to attend university; people tend to marry in their teens and families with ten or more children are common. The local MP Fatma Salman Kotan has written of the need to erode the patriarchal nature of society in the region.[3] The soldiers stationed here bring business to the restaurants and cafes of the town and there is also a certain amount of smuggling across the Iranian border.
The town provides only the most basic amenities like chemist's shops and schools to the surrounding districts; the only social amenities are cafes where men gather to drink tea and smoke cigarettes. There are no bars or cinemas. The only theatre is the occasional state-sponsored travelling shows that perform in one of the schools.
North of Agri, there is a longwave broadcasting station with 2 250 metres tall guyed masts, broadcasting on 162 kHz with 1000 kW.
Ağrı has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb), with a wide range of temperature between the summer and winter, due to its high elevation . Summers are generally brief but hot with cool nights. The average high temperature in August is 30 °C (86 °F). Winters are very cold. The average low January temperature is −16 °C (3 °F). However, temperatures usually plummet to −40 °C (−40.0 °F) during the winter months. It snows a lot in winter, staying for an average of four months in the city. The highest recorded temperature was 37.6°C (99.68°F) on 31 July 2000. The lowest recorded temperature in Ağrı was -45.6°C (-50.1°F) on 20 January 1972.
| Climate data for Ağrı | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
37.6 (99.7) |
38.2 (100.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
38.2 (100.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.4 (36.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
12.99 (55.39) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −16.5 (2.3) |
−15 (5.0) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
1.0 (33.8) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−0.54 (31.03) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −45.6 (−50.1) |
−42.8 (−45.0) |
−39.6 (−39.3) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−1 (30.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
−2 (28.4) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−31.6 (−24.9) |
−39.8 (−39.6) |
−45.6 (−50.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 36.3 (1.429) |
48.9 (1.925) |
48.4 (1.906) |
75.3 (2.965) |
75.7 (2.98) |
45.6 (1.795) |
19.0 (0.748) |
11.7 (0.461) |
16.0 (0.63) |
54.1 (2.13) |
49.8 (1.961) |
40.9 (1.61) |
521.7 (20.539) |
| Avg. rainy days | 11.2 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 121 |
| Sunshine hours | 58.9 | 75.6 | 127.1 | 171 | 241.8 | 303 | 325.5 | 313.1 | 273 | 201.5 | 120 | 55.8 | 2,266.3 |
| Source no. 1: http://meteor.gov.tr/veridegerlendirme/il-ve-ilceler-istatistik.aspx?m=AGRI [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source no. 2: [2] | |||||||||||||
Ağrı Dağı (Mount Ararat) is 90 km to the south, near to the town of Doğubeyazıt.
Ağrı http://www.agrisevdasi.com
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