Ağrı (Province)

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Ağrı
Province number: 04
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Basic data
Coordinates: 39 ° 34 '  N , 43 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 34 '  N , 43 ° 13'  E
Provincial capital: Ağrı
Region: Eastern Anatolia
Surface: 11,099 km²
Population: 539,657 (2018)
Population density: 49 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor: Suleyman Elba
Seats in Parliament: 4th
Structural
Telephone code: 0472
Features : 04
Website
www.agri.gov.tr (Turkish)

Ağrı ( Armenian Աղրի , Kurdish Agirî ) is a province in the far east of Turkey .

Their capital is also called Ağrı . At the time of the Ottomans the city was called Şarbulak , which means "flowing spring". In 1927 the name was changed to Karaköse , which goes back either to the Ottoman conqueror in 1507 Karagöz Bey or to Kara Kilise (German: "black church"). Since 1938 the city and province have been named after Mount Ararat ( Ağrı Dağı ).

geography

The province of Ağrı borders on Iran to the east, the provinces of Kars and Iğdır to the north, the provinces of Muş and Erzurum to the west, and the provinces of Van and Bitlis to the south . The province of Ağrı has an area of ​​11,376 km² and almost half consists of mountains. The Great Ararat ( Büyük Ağrı Dağı ) is the highest mountain in Turkey at 5137 m. The province owes its name to him. Big Ararat's little brother is Little Ararat ( Küçük Ağrı Dağı ) (3896 m). Other high mountains are the Süphan Dağı (4058 m), the Aşağı Dağı (3270 m), the Karadağ Dağı (3243 m) and the Aladağ Dağı (3250 m). The most important lake in the province of Ağrı is the 2241 m high Balık Gölü ("fish lake").

history

Ağrı is at the junction between the Caucasus , Asia Minor and Iran . There are traces of the Hittites , the Hurrites and the Urartians (cf. Anzavurtepe ). The Urartians had made the area around the neighboring Lake Van the center of their culture. The Cimmerians also held their own here for a while (archaeological traces are missing, however) until the area came under the rule of the Medes , who died around 550 BC. Were ousted by the Persians . 200 years later, Alexander the Great conquered this area. After Alexander's death at the latest, the Armenians settled in this area and have survived to the present. After centuries of alternating rule, Agrı came under the rule of the Seljuks in 1071 AD . From this point onwards, Turkmen and Turks were present here. In the 16th century, Ağrı was conquered by the Ottomans . Ağrı became the scene of the Ottomans' wars against the Persians and Russians. During the First World War , Ağrı was occupied by the Russians and only evacuated in 1920. Ağrı has been part of Turkey since 1923. Between 1927 and 1930 there were several Kurdish uprisings, some of which were organized by the Xoybûn ( Ararat uprising ). Turkey was only able to end the uprising after moving the border in consultation with Iran. In the 1980s there was also fighting between the army and the PKK here .

In 1920 part of the province of Erzurum was split off and became an independent province under the name Bayazıt. In November 1926 Karaköse was renamed provincial capital and in 1938 city and province in Ağrı.

Attractions

The İshak Paşa Sarayı near Doğubeyazıt

In addition to the Ararat, the Bagavan Armenian monastery complex and the İshak Paşa Palace are the province's greatest attractions.

population

In 2018, Ağrı Province had a population of 539,657. Until the genocide of the Armenians from 1915 and the genocide of the Arameans in 1916, many Armenians and Arameans lived in Ağrı . Today's population consists of Kurds , Turks , Azeris and Circassians .

economy

In 2017, the gross domestic product per capita was 12,729 lira (approx. 3000 euros). This made Ağrı the poorest province in the country.

Administrative division

The province of Ağrı consists of the counties:

district Area
(km²) 1 		Population (2018) 2 Number of Units Density
(Ew / km²) 		urban
share (in%) 		Gender
ratio 3 		Founding
date 4.5
district Administrative headquarters
(Merkez) 		Municipalities
(Belediye) 		District
(Mahalle) 		Villages
(Köy)
Diyadin 1,351 42.123 20,190 1 7th 62 31.18 47.93 917
Dogubeyazıt 2,250 121.263 79,493 1 14th 85 53.89 65.55 896
Eleşkirt 1,307 34,180 10,537 4th 20th 55 26.15 49.01 929
Hamur 873 19,115 3,456 1 4th 45 21.90 18.08 917 04/01/1958
Merkez Ağrı 1,695 149.188 115.285 1 18th 106 88.02 77.27 952
Patnos 1,394 122,833 62.106 2 25th 92 88.12 53.55 898 04/01/1936
Taşlıçay 822 20,450 6,729 1 4th 37 24.88 32.90 953 06/01/1954
Tutak 1,407 30.505 6,747 1 5 80 21.68 22.12 944
Ağrı PROVINCE 11,099 539.657 12 97 562 48.62 58.26 921

swell

1 area in 2014
two population projection on December 31, 2018
3 sex ratio (Sex Ratio): Number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
4 PDF file of the Interior Ministry
five counties, the first to have been formed Foundation of Turkey (1923).

population

The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and are gender relations ( sex ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census identified 553,241 inhabitants, which is almost 25,000 more than the 2000 census.

year Population at the end of the year Population growth
rate (in%)

 Gender
ratio
(women per
1000 men) 		Rank
(among 81 provinces)
total male Female
2018 539.657 280.923 258.734 0.63 921 40
2017 536.285 277.979 258.306 -1.10 929 39
2016 542.255 281,389 260,866 -0.91 927 39
2015 547.210 284.243 262,967 -0.40 925 39
2014 549.435 285,449 263,986 -0.32 925 39
2013 551.177 286.161 265.016 -0.22 926 38
2012 552,404 287,490 264.914 -0.55 921 38
2011 555.479 291,340 264.139 2.48 907 38
2010 542.022 280,518 261.504 0.81 932 38
2009 537.665 280,000 257,665 1.03 920 39
2008 532.180 276.508 255.672 0.25 925 39
2007 530,879 275.243 255.636 - 929 39
2000 1 528.744 273,895 254,849 930 40

1 2000 census

Census results

The following tables show the population of the province of Ağrı 1 documented in the 14 censuses .
The values ​​in the table on the left are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values ​​in the table on the right come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:

year population rank
province Turkey
1927 57,177 13,648,270 56
1935 107.206 16.158.018 56
1940 121,477 17,820,950 56
1945 133.504 18,790,174 56
1950 155,455 20,947,188 55
1955 185.928 24,064,763 55
1960 215.116 27,754,820 55
year population rank
province Turkey
1965 246.961 31,391,421 56
1970 290.311 35.605.176 51
1975 330.201 40,347,719 48
1980 368.009 44,736,957 45
1985 421.131 50,664,458 45
1990 437.093 56.473.035 43
2000 528.744 67,803,927 40

1 In  1927 the province was still called Bayazit.
Number of provinces in relation to the census years:

  • 1927, 1940 to 1950: 63 provinces
  • 1935: 57 provinces
  • 1955: 67 provinces
  • 1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
  • 1990: 73 provinces
  • 2000: 81 provinces

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Ağrı Province  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping 2014 , accessed May 5, 2019
  2. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on May 5, 2019
  3. ^ Portrait of the governor on the provincial page
  4. ↑ .. :: Welcome to Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) 's Web Pages :: .. Retrieved January 13, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping PDF file 0.25 MB
  6. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on May 5, 2019
  7. ↑ [1] TARİH (1) .pdf 1.4 MB
  8. ↑ Genel Nüfus Sayımları (census results 1965 to 2000)