Kars is a city in northeast Turkey, seat of Kars Province, with a population of 91,450 at the 2022 census. It served as the capital of the Bagratid kingdom of Armenia from 929 to 961, when its well known cathedral was built, and it later became capital of the Russian Empire's Kars Oblast after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 before returning to Turkish control under the 1921 Treaty of Kars.
Facts
Elevation (m) Latitude40.607778 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Kars (Wikipedia)
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As of 2022, its population was 91,450.
2. Kars (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.607778, longitude 43.095833
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1768 m
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Kars - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 743952
40.59825 43.08548 P PPLA TR 84 13308773 96915 1767 Europe/Istanbul
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1767 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 43.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 43.25
40.75 43.25 Dfb
Wikidata: Kars
Wikidata Q127063, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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