Kağızman | |
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Kağızman Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°09′30″N 43°08′03″E / 40.15833°N 43.13417°E / 40.15833; 43.13417 | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Kars |
| District | Kağızman |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Okan Daştan (State Appointment) |
| Population (2022)1 | 21,130 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 36700 |
| Area code | 0474 |
| Website | www |
Kağızman (Kurdish: Qaxizman),234 formerly Kaghzvan (Armenian: Կաղզուան),5 is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kağızman District.6 Its population is 21,130 (2022).1
The current mayor is Okan Daştan (State Appointment).7 The town was the administrative center of the Kagizman Okrug of the Kars Oblast until 1918.
Notable people
- Rohat Alakom, writer
- Bob Dylan, song writer's paternal grandmother's town8
References
References
- "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- "Dayika Leylayê çû şîna Sedanurê". TRT Nûçe (TRT Kurdish News). Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- "Qaxizmanî kêfxweşbûne ku Bob Dylan xelata Nobelê wergirtîye". Rûpela Nû. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- Alakom, Rohat (2016-12-02). "Efsaneya Bob Dylan – guh jî dikarin bixwînin". Nefel. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- Hakobyan, Tadevos (1987). Պատմական Հայաստանի քաղաքները (Cities of historic Armenia) (in Armenian). Yerevan: "Hayastan" Publishing. p. 149.
- İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- "Kars Kağızman Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- Dylan, pp. 92–93.