What is Kars?
[[File:KarsKumbetCamii.jpg|thumb|right|Kümbet Camii (mosque), formerly Church of the Apostles.]] '''Kars''' ({{lang-hy|Ղարս or Կարս}}, {{lang-az|Qars}}) is a city in northeast [[Turkey]] and is the capital of the [[Kars Province]], before at the head of a [[sanjak]] in the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[vilayet]] of [[Erzurum Province, Ottoman Empire|Erzurum]]. [[Population]]: 8,672 ([[1878]]); 20,891 ([[1897]]); 54,000 ([[1970]]); 142,145 ([[1990]]); 130,361 ([[2000]]). == History == The early history of Kars is little known, beyond that it had its own dynasty of [[Armenia]]n rulers and was the capital of a region known as [[Vanand]]. At some point in the 9th century (at least by 888) it became part of the territory of the Armenian Bagratids. From 928 to 961 Kars became the capital of their kingdom. It was during this period that the cathedral, later known as the Church of the Apostles, was built.<ref>The Capitals of Armenia by Sergey Vardanyan</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Cities of Turkey}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in Turkey]]