Kağızman (Kurdish: Qaxizman),[2][3][4] 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]
Kağızman | |
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  Kağızman Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°09′30″N 43°08′03″E / 40.15833°N 43.13417°E | |
| 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 |
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
edit- Rohat Alakom, writer
- Bob Dylan, song writer's paternal grandmother's town[8]
References
edit- 1 2 "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.[full citation needed]
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