Kars

Kars is a city in with a population of 91,500 in 2022. The main reason to visit is the Armenian ruined city of Ani, and Kars town itself has several attractions.
  • City with about 96,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,770 metres (5,800 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KSY
  • Description: central district and city in Kars Province, Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Kapc”
    “Kars City”
    “Vanand”

Places of Interest

Discover Kars Museum and Church of the Holy Apostles.
The was opened in 1963 in the of Kars, .
The Cathedral of Kars, also known as the Holy Apostles…
The Castle of Kars is a former fortification located in Kars, .
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Latitude
40.6071° or 40° 36′ 26″ north
Longitude
43.0948° or 43° 5′ 41″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR KSY
Open location code
8HG5J34V+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
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Satellite Map

See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Kars” goes by many names.
ҞарсAbkhazian
ካርስAmharic
قارصArabic
قرصArabic
كارسArabic
ԿարսArmenian
Կարս քաղաքArmenian
ՂարսArmenian
Ղարս քաղաքArmenian
KarsAsturian
Kars (distritu)Asturian
KarsAzerbaijani
QarsAzerbaijani
KarsBasque
КарсBelarusian
কার্স্Bengali
КарсBulgarian
KarsCatalan
KarsCebuano
قەرسCentral Kurdish
КарсChechen
卡尔斯Chinese
卡爾斯Chinese
KarsCroatian
KarsCzech
KarsDanish
QersDimli (individual language)
KarsDutch
كارسEgyptian Arabic
KarsEsperanto
KarsEstonian
KarsFinnish
KarsGagauz
KarsGalician
ყარსიGeorgian
قارصGilaki
ΚαρςGreek
કાર્સGujarati
Birnin KarsHausa
KarsHausa
קארסHebrew
कार्सHindi
KarsHungarian
KarsIndonesian
Kars, TurkiIndonesian
KarsIrish
KarsItalian
カルスJapanese
KarsJavanese
ಕಾರ್ಸ್Kannada
ҚарсKazakh
KarsKinyarwanda
КарсKirghiz
카르스Korean
KarsKurdish
QersKurdish
QersêKurdish
قەرسKurdish
КъарсLak
KarsaLatvian
KarsasLithuanian
КарсMacedonian
KarsMalay
Kars, TurkiMalay
KāMaori
कार्सMarathi
قارصMazanderani
KarsMin Nan Chinese
KarsMinangkabau
КарсMoksha
KarsNauru
KarsNorwegian
KarsNorwegian Bokmål
KarsNorwegian Nynorsk
KarsOccitan (post 1500)
KarsOromo
КарсOssetian
ХъарсOssetian
ਕਾਰਸPanjabi
قارصPersian
KarsPolish
کارسPushto
KarsRomanian
КарсRussian
KarsScots
KarsSerbian
КарсSerbian
KarsSerbo-Croatian
කාර්ස්Sinhala
KarsSlovak
KarsSlovenian
KarsSomali
قارصSouth Azerbaijani
Jimbo la KarsSwahili
KarsSwahili
KarsSwedish
GarsSwiss German
GharsSwiss German
KarsSwiss German
QersSwiss German
ҚарсTajik
ҚорсTajik
கார்ஸ்Tamil
КарсTatar
కేర్స్Telugu
KarsThai
การ์สThai
คาร์สThai
KarsTurkish
Kars MerkezTurkish
КарсUdmurt
КарсUkrainian
قارصUrdu
KarsUzbek
QarsUzbek
KarsVenetian
KarsVietnamese
KarsWaray (Philippines)
Kars, TurkeyaWaray (Philippines)
KarsWelsh
ԿարսWestern Armenian
КарсWestern Mari
کارسWestern Panjabi
卡尔斯Wu Chinese
卡爾斯Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

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