Iğdır Province

Iğdır ( kurd. Reşqelas ) is a province in eastern Turkey, bordering on Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan City and Iran. Iğdırs neighboring provinces are Kars to the northwest and Ağrı to the south. Its capital is Iğdır. The name comes from the Iğdır Oghuz tribe of Iğdıroğlu and means good, great, exalted, brave and master.

Iğdır is the only province of Turkey, which borders three countries. Because of the vegetation Iğdır is also called Yesil Iğdır ( Green Iğdır ). Mount Ararat is located mostly within the boundaries Iğdırs.

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

Population

In terms of population census in 2007 the population of Iğdır is 181 866 inhabitants. Of these, 89 134 female and 92 732 male. The population consists of Azerbaijanis, Turks and Kurds.

Geography

The 3588 km ² province is characterized by the contrast between the elevating of the Anatolian highland massif of the Great and Little Ararat in the south and the valley of the Aras to the border with Armenia. The summit of the Great and Little Ararat ( in Turkish Büyük Ağrı Dagi and Küçük Ağrı Dagi ), however, lie in the province of Ağrı named after them.

Temperatures can range from a maximum of 40 ° C to a minimum of -30 ° C range. Noteworthy is the comparison with other places of the Anatolian highlands, low rainfall ( about 250 mm annual average), which is due to the proximity of Mount Ararat.

Counties

The following counties are among Iğdır:

  • Aralık
  • Iğdır
  • Karakoyunlu
  • Tuzluca

Economy

Despite increasing urbanization, the province continues to be heavily dominated by agriculture, with particularly sheep farming is important. Existing industries such as Mustaş ( commercial transport), the macaws and various workshops to felt and textile machinery manufacturing and flour mills.

History

In Iğdır ruled inter alia, the Mitanni, the Hittites, Assyrians, Armenians, Cimmerians, Medes, Persians, Urartian, Scythians, Seleucids, Arsacids, Sassanids, Arabs, Byzantines, Seljuks, Mongols, Ilkhanate, Qara Qoyunlu, Akkoyunlar, Safavids and the Ottomans. Due to the geographical location, a trade Naxçıvan and Iran has developed to stimulate the region.

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

Famous people

  • Avedis Aharonian, Armenian politician and writer
  • Mehmet Aktas, Kurdish documentary filmmaker and journalist
  • Servet Çetin, Turkish azerbaijan football player
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