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Eleşkirt District
Eleşkirt District is a district of Ağrı Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Eleşkirt.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Its area is 1,307 km2, and its population is 31,545 (2021).


Geology and geomorphology

There is Mount Kösedağ in the north of district center.


Composition

There are four in Eleşkirt District: *

Eleşkirt
Eleşkirt () is a town of Ağrı Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Eleşkirt District.İlçe Belediyesi
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
Its population is 10,191 (2021). Its name is a transference from Alashkert (), the valley's former administrative centre but now a village known as Toprakkale. It was known as ''Vagharshakert'' in medieval sources. At the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 approximately half of the population consisted of and the rest of


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