What is Kars Province?
'''Kars''' is a [[Provinces of Turkey|province]] of [[Turkey]]. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It shares part of its border with the Republic of [[Armenia]]. From 1878 until 1917 most of the present-day Turkish province of Kars was part of the [[Russia]]n [[oblast]] of Kars. In 1919 and 1920 the province came under the control of the [[Democratic Republic of Armenia]] as the [[Vanand]] province (with the city of [[Kars]] as its capital). Its territory was ceded to Turkey by the [[Soviet Union]] in the [[Treaty of Kars]]. == Districts == Kars province is divided into 8 [[Districts of Turkey|districts]] (''ilçe''), each named after the administrative center of the district: *[[Akyaka (District), Kars|Akyaka]] *[[Arpaçay]] *[[Digor, Kars|Digor]] *[[Kağızman]] *'''[[Kars]]''' *[[Sarıkamış]] *[[Selim, Kars|Selim]] *[[Susuz]] There are 383 villages in Kars. == Other websites == * [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/kars Pictures of the capital of this province and of nearby Ani] [[Category:Provinces of Turkey]] [[Category:Eastern Anatolia Region]]