Sarıkamış District

Sarıkamış District
Sarıkamış District
District
	Map showing Sarıkamış District in Kars Province
	Sarıkamış District Location in Turkey
	Coordinates: 40°20′N 42°34′E / 40.333°N 42.567°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Kars
Seat	Sarıkamış
Government
• Kaymakam	Doğan Kemelek
Area	2,038 km2 (787 sq mi)
Population (2022)	37,744
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Website	www.sarikamis.gov.tr

Sarıkamış District is a district of the Kars Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Sarıkamış .^[1] Its area is 2,038 km²,^[2] and its population is 37,744 (2022).^[3]

The Sarıkamış district neighbours the districts of Selim and Kağızman to east, Şenkaya and Horasan to the west, Eleşkirt to the south, Selim and Şenkaya to the north and occupies an area of 1,732 km (1,076 mi). Its average altitude is 1,500 to 2,000 metres (4,900 to 6,600 ft), and Aladag Mountain, at 3,138 metres (10,295 ft), is within its borders. Other important mountains are Süphan, Balıklı (2,835 m [9,301 ft]), Kösedağı (2,599 m [8,527 ft]), Çıplakdağ (2,634 m [8,642 ft]) and Soğanlı (2,849 m [9,347 ft]). The Kars and Aras rivers flow through it.

Composition

There is one municipality in Sarıkamış District:^[1]

Sarıkamış

There are 56 villages in Sarıkamış District:^[4]

Akkoz
Akören
Alisofu
Altınbulak
Armutlu
Asboğa
Aşağı Sallıpınar
Balabantaş
Balıklı
Başköy
Belencik
Beşyol
Boyalı
Bozat
Çamyazı
Çardakçatı
Çatak
Çolaklı
Eşmeçayır
Gecikmez
Güllüce
Hamamlı
Handere
İnkaya
Isısu
Kalebaşı
Karaköse
Karakurt
Karapınar
Karaurgan
Kayalıboğaz
Kazantaş
Kazıkkaya
Kızılçubuk
Koçoğlu
Köroğlu
Kozan
Kurbançayırı
Mescitli
Odalar
Ortakale
Parmakdere
Şehitemin
Şehithalit
Sırataşlar
Sırbasan
Süngütaşı
Taşlıgüney
Topkaya
Uzungazi
Yağıbasan
Yarkaya
Yayıklı
Yenigazi
Yeniköy
Yukarı Sallıpınar

References

^ ^a ^b İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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[ilce-1] İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[2] "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[3] "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

[4] Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

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