Susuz

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Susuz (Turkey)
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Basic data
Province (il) : Kars
Coordinates : 40 ° 47 '  N , 43 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 46 '48 "  N , 43 ° 8' 7"  E
Height : 1775  m
Residents : 2,393 (2018)
Telephone code : (+90) 474
Postal code : 36 760
License plate : 36
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure : 4 malls
Mayor : Oğuz Yantemur ( CHP )
Postal address : Selçuklu Mahallesi,
36760 Susuz
Website:
District of Susuz
Residents : 10,497 (2018)
Surface: 578 km²
Population density : 18 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam : Tunahan Çil
Website (Kaymakam):
Template: Infobox location in Turkey / maintenance / district

Susuz (formerly Cilavuz , Kurdish Cilawûz ) is a city and a district in the province of Kars in northeastern Turkey . The city is about 20 km north of the provincial capital Kars . It is on the D 965 ( E 691 ) trunk road , which crosses the district in a north-south direction.

The district of Susuz was created on April 1, 1959 and is located in the north of the province. It borders the central district ( Merkez ) Kars in the south, the Arpaçay district in the northeast, the Akyaka district in the east and the Ardahan province in the north and west. It also has a border with Armenia in the northeast .

At the end of 2018, in addition to the district town (2018: 22.8% of the district population), it consisted of 27 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 300 residents. Büyükçatak is the largest village with 765 inhabitants.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 28, 2019