Kars is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District. As of 2022, its population was 91,450. Kars, in classical historiography (Strabo), was in the ancient region known as Chorzene, part of the province of Ayrarat in the Kingdom of Armenia, and later the capital of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia from 929 to 961. Currently, the mayor of Kars is Ötüken Senger. The city had an Armenian ethnic majority until it was recaptured by Turkish nationalist forces in late 1920.
From the Wikipedia article Kars, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Kars
- Kağızman49 km S
- Sarıkamış52 km SW
- Ardahan65 km NW
- Gyumri68 km E
- Artik75 km E
- Oltu93 km W
- Armavir95 km SE
- Ağrı98 km S
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