Iğdır (Province)

Iğdır
Province number:	76
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	39 ° 54 '  N , 44 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 54 '  N , 44 ° 0'  E
Provincial capital:	Iğdır
Region:	Eastern Anatolia
Surface:	3664 km²
Population:	197,456 (2018)
Population density:	53 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Enver Ünlü
Seats in Parliament:	2
Structural
Telephone code:	0476
Features :	76
Website
www.igdir.gov.tr (Turkish)

Iğdır ( kurd. Reşqelas ) is a province in eastern Turkey and borders Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Naxçıvan and Iran . Iğdır's neighboring provinces are Kars in the northwest and Ağrı in the south. Its capital is Iğdır . The previous name was Zuraşat.

Iğdır is the only province in Turkey that borders three states. Because of the vegetation, Iğdır is also called Yeşil Iğdır ("Green Iğdır"). Mount Ararat is largely within the boundaries of Iğdır.

Iğdır was founded on May 27, 1992 as the 76th province of Turkey. Before Iğdır belonged to the province of Kars .

geography

Iğdır is at the crossroads of important connecting roads. From here one could reach the commercial center of Erzurum and also Kars. Another road leads to Iran via Doğubayazıt. The 3588 km² large province is characterized by the contrast between the mountain range of the Great and Small Ararat, rising from the Armenian highlands in the south and the valley of the Aras on the border with Armenia. The peaks of the Great and Small Ararat (Turkish: Büyük Ağrı Dağı and Küçük Ağrı Dağı ) are located in the province of Ağrı, which is named after them.

The temperatures can range from a maximum of 40 ° C to a minimum of −30 ° C. It is remarkable that, compared to other places in the Armenian highlands, the amount of precipitation is low (about 250 mm annual mean), which is due to the proximity of the Ararat.

Administrative division

The province is divided into four districts (also districts, İlçe ):

district	Area 1 (km²)	Population (2018) 2		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio 3	Founding date 4.5
		District ( İlçe )	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	City quarter (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)
Aralık	852	21,311	6,193	1	5	21st	25.0	29.06	881	1960
Iğdır Merkez	1,273	137,613	92,340	4th	24	41	108.1	77.64	947	1992
Karakoyunlu	269	13,972	2,886	1	2	18th	51.9	20.66	920	1992
Tuzluca	1,270	24,560	9,764	1	5	81	19.3	39.76	904
PROVINCE Iğdır	3,664	197,456		7th	36	161	53.9	63.65	933

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¹ Area 2014

² Population update as of December 31, 2018

³ Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)

^4th Ministry of Interior PDF

⁵Counties that were not formed until after Turkey was founded (1923).

population

The population consists of Azerbaijanis , Turks and Kurds .
At the 2011 census, the average age in the province was 22.96 years (national average: 29.60), with the female population being on average 0.48 years older than the male population (23.23-22.75).

Results of the population extrapolation

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 the sex ratio (are Sex Ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census found 187,842 inhabitants, over 19,000 more than in 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	197,456	102.171	95,285	1.38	933	75
2017	194,775	100,268	94.507	1.03	943	73
2016	192.785	99.057	93,728	0.18	946	73
2015	192.435	99,099	93,336	0.20	942	73
2014	192.056	98.908	93,148	0.86	942	73
2013	190.424	98.008	92,416	0.01	943	74
2012	190,409	98,537	91,872	0.82	932	73
2011	188,857	97,770	91.087	2.41	932	73
2010	184,418	94,443	89.975	0.51	953	74
2009	183,486	94,611	88,875	−0.29	939	75
2008	184.025	95.195	88,830	1.19	933	74
2007	181,866	92,732	89.134	-	961	73
2000 1	168,634	87,083	81,551		936	76

¹ 2000 census

Population of the counties

The values ​​from 2000 are based on the census, the remaining (2007-2018) are population figures at the end of the year, determined by updating the population register introduced in 2007 (ADNKS)

district	2000	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Aralık	21,747	22,155	22,165	21,674	21,810	22,425	22,521	21,881	21,843	21,495	21,269	21,461	21,311
Merkez	102,648	119,432	121,848	122,780	123,570	127,609	128,976	130.134	132.110	133,704	134,480	136.155	137,613
Karakoyunlu	18,285	14,597	14,273	13,990	14,042	14.054	14,264	14,016	13,929	13,686	13,634	13,953	13,972
Tuzluca	25,954	25,682	25,739	25,042	24,996	24,769	24,648	24,393	24,174	23,550	23,402	23.206	24,560
Toplam	168,634	181,866	184.025	183,486	184,418	188,857	190,409	190.424	192.056	192.435	192.785	194,775	197,456

economy

Despite increasing urbanization, the province is still strongly characterized by agriculture, with sheep breeding being particularly important. Existing industries are e.g. B. Mustaş (commercial transport), the Araş and various workshops for felt and textile machine production and flour mills.

history

In Iğdır, among others, who ruled Mitanni , Hittites , Assyrians , Armenians , Cimmerians , Medes , Persians , Urartu , Scythians , Seleucids , Arsakiden , Sassanids , Arabs , Byzantines , Seljuks , Mongols , Ilchane , Kara Koyunlu , Akkoyunlar , Safavids and the Ottomans . Due to the geographical location, trade with Naxçıvan and Iran has developed, which animates the region.

Here is the Armenian monastery of Saint Hakob von Akori , built in 341, and the Agarak monastery , built in 649 .

Personalities

• Avedis Aharonian , Armenian politician and writer
• Mehmet Aktaş , Kurdish documentary filmmaker and journalist
• Servet Çetin , Turkish-Azerbaijani football player
• Harutjun Hakobjan , Soviet-Armenian illusionist
• Edouard Isabekjan , Armenian-Soviet graphic artist
• Drastamat Kanajan , Armenian military

Web links

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

• Iğdır Police Station website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on April 23, 2019
2. ↑ Iğdır Province website (portrait of the governor) , accessed April 23, 2019
3. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF; 0.25 MB).
4. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on April 23, 2019.
5. ↑ illeridaresi.gov.tr (PDF; 1.4 MB).
6. ↑ 2000 census (Turkish)
7. ↑ MDS / Central Dissemination System from TÜIK (Eng./Turk.)