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Ağrı

Also known as Ağrı City, Karaköse

Ağrı (; ) is a city in eastern Turkey, near the border with Iran. The city and its surrounding province are predominantly inhabited by Kurds and are widely identified in the scholarly literature as part of the Kurdish-populated regions of eastern Anatolia. It is the seat of Ağrı Province and Ağrı District. Its population is 120,390 (2021). It was formerly known as Karaköse. In the early Turkish republican period and until 1946, it was officially known as Karakilise. the city is now named after Ağrı, the Turkish name of Mount Ararat.

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Ağrı is a city in eastern Turkey near the Iranian border, serving as the administrative center of Ağrı Province and home to about 120,000 people in a predominantly Kurdish region. The city was renamed from its former name Karaköse to Ağrı (the Turkish name for Mount Ararat) and matters as a significant urban center in the Kurdish-populated areas of eastern Anatolia.

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Place details

Locality: Ağrı Merkez
Region: Ağrı
Country: Türkiye
Population: 124,483
Timezone: Europe/Istanbul

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Turkey place.type: municipality
Turkey place.name: Ağrı
Turkey place.image_skyline: 00 3411 İshak Paşa Sarayı - Turkey.jpg
Turkey place.image_caption: Ishak Pasha Palace, one of the historical buildings of Ağrı
Turkey place.province: Ağrı
Turkey place.district: Ağrı
Turkey place.leader_party: DEM
Turkey place.leader_name: Hazal Aras
Turkey place.elevation_m: 1640
Turkey place.population_total: 148,765
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022

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Wikidata facts

Population: 149188
Elevation: 1640
Official website: www.agri.bel.tr
Image: Ağrı-Şehir-Merkezinden-Caddeden-Binaların-Görünümü.jpg
Licence plate code: 04

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Commons category: Ağrı
postal code: 04000
social media followers: 30186
urban population: 120390
rural population: 29945
name in kana: アール

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==History== Ağrı has old settlements such as Doğubeyazıt and Patnos, whose origins date back to the Middle Ages and the Islamic period. Over a long period of time, the region became part of the Urartians, the Achaemenid Empire, the Macedonian Empire founded by Alexander, the Seleucids, and the Armenian Kingdom, which recognized Persian and Roman domination for many years.