Kağızman

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Kağızman
Kağızman
Coordinates: 40°09′30″N 43°08′03″E / 40.15833°N 43.13417°E / 40.15833; 43.13417Coordinates: 40°09′30″N 43°08′03″E / 40.15833°N 43.13417°E / 40.15833; 43.13417
Country Turkey
Province Kars
Government
 • Mayor Mehmet Alkan (BDP)
 • Kaymakam Şuayib Gürsoy
Area[1]
 • District 1,796.94 km2 (693.80 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
 • Urban 17,999
 • District 47,093
 • District Density 26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Post code 36700
Kağızman

Kağızman (Ottoman Turkish: قاغزمان,[3] Armenian: Կաղզվան, Kaghzvan,[4] Kurdish: Kaxizman[citation needed]) is a town and district of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The population is 17,144 as of 2010. The mayor is Mehmet Alkan.

References

  1. ↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05. 
  2. ↑ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27. 
  3. ↑ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 263.
  4. ↑ Hakobyan, Tadevos (1987). Պատմական Հայաստանի քաղաքները (Cites of historic Armenia) (in Armenian). Yerevan: "Hayastan" Publishing. p. 149. 
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