Patnos (

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: Բադնոց,

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: Badnoc‘ or Patnoc‘,

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: Panos) was a historically important Armenian city, is now a district of

Ağrı Province The Ağrı Province ( tr, Ağrı ili, ku, Parêzgeha Agiriyê) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in eastern Turkey, bordering Iran to the east, Kars Province, Kars to the north, Erzurum Province, Erzurum to the northwest, Muş Province, Muş a ...

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on a plain surrounded by high mountains including Süphan, watered by tributaries of the

Murat River The Murat River, also called Eastern Euphrates ( tr, Murat Nehri, , hy, Արածանի, translit=Aratsani), is a major source of the Euphrates River. The Ancient Greeks and Romans used to call the river ''Arsanias'' ( gr, Ἀρσανίας). It ...

. 82 km south of the city of

Ağrı Ağrı ( ku, Agirî; ) is the capital of Ağrı Province in eastern Turkey, near the border with Iran. Formerly known as Karaköse ( ku, Qerekose) from the early Turkish republican period until 1946, and before that as Karakilise ( ota, قره‌� ...

on the road to

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. The mayor is Emrah Kılıç ( HDP). The plain has been settled since at least 1300BC and this was a centre of the

Urartu Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...

civilisation. The city has many historical ruins from Urartian period. There are a number of places of historical interest around Patnos, including the castle of Aznavur Tepe, an impressive Urartu building. Today Patnos is a small town in an impoverished rural area.

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Populated places in Ağrı Province Districts of Ağrı Province Kurdish settlements in Turkey Important Bird Areas of Turkey {{Ağrı-geo-stub