11 Facts About Kars Province

Kars Province is a province of Turkey, located in the northeastern part of the country.

In 968, the capital of Armenia was moved to Ani, but Kars Province remained the capital of the feudal principality of Vanand.

The Kars Province emirate was a vassal of the Saltukids in Erzurum, whose forces were effective in opposing Georgian attempts at seizing Kars Province.

However, as Kars Province was within a border region its defensive structures were often renewed, and they continued to advance to such a degree, that in the 19th century Kars Province was well known around the world as a castle.

Kars Province has a wealth of wildlife that is being documented by the Kars Province-Igdir Biodiversity Project run by the KuzeyDoga Society.

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Economy of Kars Province is dominated by agriculture, livestock breeding and forestry.

Kars Province is not abundant with woods although the region is favorable for forests.

Main industrial plants in Kars Province are of meat processing, livestock feed processing, gristmill, yarn, tannery, footwear, cement and brick factories.

Kars Province contains numerous monuments, the most notable being the ruined Armenian city of Ani and the 9th century Church of the Apostles.

Kars Province was the setting for the popular novel Snow by Orhan Pamuk.

Siege of Kars Province, 1855 is a book published by The Stationery Office, 2000, and is an account of its defence and capitulation as reported by one General Williams, one of many British officers lent to the Turkish army to lead garrisons and train regiments in the war against Russia.