Ağrı

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Ağrı (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Ağrı
Coordinates : 39 ° 43 '  N , 43 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 43 '7 "  N , 43 ° 3' 3"  E
Residents : 107,839 (2012)
Telephone code : (+90) 472
Postal code : 04 000
License plate : 04
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Mayor : Savcı Sayan ( AKP )
Website:
Ağrı County
Residents : 145,359 (2012)
Surface: 1,497 km²
Population density : 97 inhabitants per km²
Template: Infobox location in Turkey / maintenance / district

Ağrı ( Armenian Աղրի , Kurdish Agirî ) is a Turkish city ​​in the Eastern Anatolia region with a population of 107,839 (2012 census). It is the capital of the province of the same name Ağrı .

traffic

Ağrı has an airport that is served by direct flights from Istanbul and Ankara, and has a connection to the Turkish rail network.

media

To the north of Ağrı there is a long-wave radio transmitter with two 250-meter-high transmission masts, which is operated at 162 kHz with 1000 kW transmission power.

history

The city has experienced an eventful history under various rulers. Before they came to 680 BC BC by. Scythians settled, the region was noted by the Hittites (1400 v. Chr.), The Hurrians (1340-1200 v. Chr.), The Urartians (825-810 v. Chr.) And 700 -555 BC Was ruled by the Medes . From 555–331 BC It was the Persians and the Armenians who settled the country. 331 BC It was conquered by Alexander the Great .

The area's membership of the Byzantine Empire until the 11th century was interrupted in AD 872 by the conquest by the Islamic Abbasids until 900. After the Turkish victory in the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 , various local princes and sultans followed.

Under Selim I , the city became part of the Ottoman Empire . In 1834 Ağrı (then Şarbulak ) became a Bucak , and in 1869 the capital of a district ( İlçe ). Ağrı has been the provincial capital of the province of the same name since 1927.

Naming

In the Ottoman Empire the city was called Şarbulak . The Armenians called them Karakilise (black church) in Turkish . From 1927 to 1938 it was called Karaköse , since then Ağrı, after the Turkish name of Ararat in the province .

Climate table

Ağrı (1646 m)
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.
 
 
37
 
-5
-16
 
 
50
 
-3
-15
 
 
49
 
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78
 
12
1
 
 
79
 
18th
5
 
 
47
 
24
9
 
 
20th
 
30th
13
 
 
12
 
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11
 
 
16
 
26th
7th
 
 
55
 
18th
3
 
 
51
 
8th
-4
 
 
41
 
-1
-10
Temperature in ° Cprecipitation in mm
Source: Normal period 1981-2010 State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Ağrı (1646 m)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) -5.0 -3.1 2.7 12.3 18.4 24.4 29.5 30.1 25.6 17.5 7.7 -1.0 O 13.3
Min. Temperature (° C) -15.9 -14.6 -7.6 1.1 5.2 8.6 12.5 11.3 7.3 2.6 -3.6 -10.3 O −0.2
Temperature (° C) -10.6 -9.1 -2.6 6.5 11.9 16.9 21.4 21.4 16.4 9.5 1.5 -5.9 O 6.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 36.8 50.0 49.1 77.5 78.5 46.9 19.5 12.4 16.4 54.7 50.7 41.4 Σ 533.9
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.0 2.5 4.1 5.4 7.5 10.1 10.3 10.1 9.1 6.3 4.0 1.5 O 6.1
Rainy days ( d ) 11.2 11.7 11.8 15.0 16.2 10.8 6.4 4.4 4.8 9.4 9.1 10.9 Σ 121.7
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-15.9
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12.3
1.1
18.4
5.2
24.4
8.6
29.5
12.5
30.1
11.3
25.6
7.3
17.5
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36.8
50.0
49.1
77.5
78.5
46.9
19.5
12.4
16.4
54.7
50.7
41.4
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: Normal period 1981-2010 State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic

Web links

Commons : Ağrı  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from July 7, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed July 7, 2013