Sarıkamış District is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of the
Kars Province
Kars Province (; Azerbaijani: Qars Rayonu; ; ) is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its closed border with Armenia. Its area is 10,193 km2, and its population is 274,829 (2022). The pr ...
of Turkey. Its seat is the town of
Sarıkamış .
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its area is 2,038 km
2, and its population is 37,744 (2022).
The Sarıkamış district neighbours the districts of
Selim
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and
Kağızman
Kağızman (), formerly Kaghzvan (), is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kağızman District.[Eleşkirt
Eleşkirt () is a town of Ağrı Province in Turkey. It is the seat of Eleşkirt District.][İl ...]
to the south, Selim and Şenkaya to the north and occupies an area of . Its average altitude is , and Aladag Mountain, at , is within its borders. Other important mountains are Süphan, Balıklı (),
Kösedağı (), Çıplakdağ () and Soğanlı (). The Kars and Aras rivers flow through it.
Composition
There is one
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in Sarıkamış District:
[
* ]Sarıkamış
Sarıkamış or Sarikamish (, ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It is the seat of Sarıkamış District.[villages
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...]
in Sarıkamış District:Köy
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
* Akkoz
* Akören
* Alisofu
* Altınbulak
* Armutlu
* AsboÄŸa
* Aşağı Sallıpınar
* BalabantaÅŸ
* Balıklı
* Başköy
* Belencik
* BeÅŸyol
* Boyalı
* Bozat
* Çamyazı
* Çardakçatı
* Çatak
* Çolaklı
* Eşmeçayır
* Gecikmez
* Güllüce
* Hamamlı
* Handere
*
Ä°nkaya
* Isısu
* Kalebaşı
* Karaköse
* Karakurt
* Karapınar
* Karaurgan
* Kayalıboğaz
* KazantaÅŸ
* Kazıkkaya
* Kızılçubuk
* Koçoğlu
* Köroğlu
* Kozan
* Kurbançayırı
* Mescitli
* Odalar
* Ortakale
* Parmakdere
* Åžehitemin
* Åžehithalit
* Sırataşlar
* Sırbasan
* Süngütaşı
* Taşlıgüney
* Topkaya
* Uzungazi
* Yağıbasan
* Yarkaya
* Yayıklı
* Yenigazi
*
Yeniköy
* Yukarı Sallıpınar
References
Districts of Kars Province
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