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interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_ili" title="Ardahan ili – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ardahan ili" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="آرداهان اوستانی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آرداهان اوستانی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(s%C3%A9ng)" title="Ardahan (séng) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ardahan (séng)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D2%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Ардаһан (провинция) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ардаһан (провинция)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Ардахан (правінцыя) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ардахан (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F)" title="Ардахан (правінцыя) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ардахан (правінцыя)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Ардахан (вилает) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Ардахан (вилает)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(pokrajina)" title="Ardahan (pokrajina) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Ardahan (pokrajina)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provi%C3%B1s)" title="Ardahan (proviñs) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ardahan (proviñs)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prov%C3%ADncia_d%27Ardahan" title="Província d'Ardahan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Província d'Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Ардахан (ил) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Ардахан (ил)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(lalawigan)" title="Ardahan (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ardahan (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provincie)" title="Ardahan (provincie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ardahan (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_eanangoddi" title="Ardahan eanangoddi – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Ardahan eanangoddi" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(Provinz)" title="Ardahan (Provinz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ardahan (Provinz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahani_provints" title="Ardahani provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ardahani provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%91%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Επαρχία Αρνταχάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Επαρχία Αρνταχάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Ardahan" title="Provincia de Ardahan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia de Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinco_Ardahan" title="Provinco Ardahan – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Provinco Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_probintzia" title="Ardahan probintzia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ardahan probintzia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86" title="استان اردهان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان اردهان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_Praant" title="Ardahan Praant – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Ardahan Praant" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(province)" title="Ardahan (province) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ardahan (province)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_de_Ardahan" title="Provincia de Ardahan – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Provincia de Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A5%B4%EB%8B%A4%ED%95%9C%EC%A3%BC" title="아르다한주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아르다한주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Արդահանի մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արդահանի մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="अर्दहान – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अर्दहान" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(pokrajina)" title="Ardahan (pokrajina) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ardahan (pokrajina)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsi_Ardahan" title="Provinsi Ardahan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Provinsi Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Ардахан (ил) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ардахан (ил)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_di_Ardahan" title="Provincia di Ardahan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia di Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9F_(%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%94)" title="ארדהאן (נפה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ארדהאן (נפה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="არტაანის პროვინცია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არტაანის პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Ардахан (ил) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ардахан (ил)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intara_y%E2%80%99Ardahan" title="Intara y’Ardahan – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Intara y’Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkoa_wa_Ardahan" title="Mkoa wa Ardahan – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mkoa wa Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C3%AAxan_(par%C3%AAzgeh)" title="Erdêxan (parêzgeh) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Erdêxan (parêzgeh)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Ардахан (ил) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Ардахан (ил)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lbe mw-list-item"><a href="https://lbe.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C)" title="Ардахан (иль) – Lak" lang="lbe" hreflang="lbe" data-title="Ардахан (иль)" data-language-autonym="Лакку" data-language-local-name="Lak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лакку</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provincia)" title="Ardahan (provincia) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ardahan (provincia)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahanas_ils" title="Ardahanas ils – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ardahanas ils" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(tartom%C3%A1ny)" title="Ardahan (tartomány) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ardahan (tartomány)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Ардахан (покраина) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ардахан (покраина)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4" title="अर्दाहान प्रांत – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="अर्दाहान प्रांत" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="არტაანიშ პროვინცია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="არტაანიშ პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="اردهان اوستان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="اردهان اوستان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Ardahan" title="Wilayah Ardahan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provincie)" title="Ardahan (provincie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ardahan (provincie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E7%9C%8C" title="アルダハン県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アルダハン県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(Prowins)" title="Ardahan (Prowins) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Ardahan (Prowins)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provins)" title="Ardahan (provins) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ardahan (provins)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinsen_Ardahan" title="Provinsen Ardahan – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Provinsen Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(viloyat)" title="Ardahan (viloyat) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ardahan (viloyat)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE" title="ਅਰਦਹਾਨ ਸੂਬਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਅਰਦਹਾਨ ਸੂਬਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86" title="صوبہ ارداخان – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="صوبہ ارداخان" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(prowincja)" title="Ardahan (prowincja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ardahan (prowincja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arda%C3%A3_(prov%C3%ADncia)" title="Ardaã (província) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ardaã (província)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(il)" title="Ardahan (il) – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Ardahan (il)" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_Ardahan" title="Provincia Ardahan – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B8%D0%BB)" title="Ардахан (ил) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ардахан (ил)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_Province" title="Ardahan Province – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Ardahan Province" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinca_Ardahan" title="Provinca Ardahan – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Provinca Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provinca)" title="Ardahan (provinca) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Ardahan (provinca)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8E%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86" title="پارێزگای ئەردێخان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="پارێزگای ئەردێخان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82)" title="Ардахан (вилајет) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ардахан (вилајет)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provincija)" title="Ardahan (provincija) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ardahan (provincija)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahanin_maakunta" title="Ardahanin maakunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ardahanin maakunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(provins)" title="Ardahan (provins) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ardahan (provins)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalawigan_ng_Ardahan" title="Lalawigan ng Ardahan – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Lalawigan ng Ardahan" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="அர்தாகான் மாகாணம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அர்தாகான் மாகாணம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99" title="จังหวัดอาร์ดาฮัน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="จังหวัดอาร์ดาฮัน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D2%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Вилояти Ардаҳон – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Вилояти Ардаҳон" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(il)" title="Ardahan (il) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ardahan (il)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(il)" title="Ardahan (il) – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Ardahan (il)" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Ардаган (провінція) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Ардаган (провінція)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%81_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86" title="صوبہ اردھان – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="صوبہ اردھان" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%8B%D9%89%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%89%D8%AA%D9%89" title="ئارداھان ۋىلايىتى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="ئارداھان ۋىلايىتى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(t%E1%BB%89nh)" title="Ardahan (tỉnh) – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Ardahan (tỉnh)" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardahan_(lalawigan)" title="Ardahan (lalawigan) – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Ardahan (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a 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class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,934 km<sup>2</sup> (1,905 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">92,481</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">19/km<sup>2</sup> (49/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B03:00" title="UTC+03:00">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Turkey" title="Time in Turkey">TRT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_Turkey" title="Telephone numbers in Turkey">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0478</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ardahan.gov.tr/">www<wbr />.ardahan<wbr />.gov<wbr />.tr</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ardahan Province</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Ardahan ili</i>; <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_language" title="Kurdish language">Kurdish</a>: <i lang="ku" dir="rtl">Parêzgeha Erdêxanê</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a>: <span title="Georgian-language text"><span lang="ka" style="font-style: normal;">არტაანის რეგიონი</span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">province</a> in the north-east of <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, bordering <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>. Its area is 4,934 km<sup>2</sup>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its population is 92,481 (2022).<sup id="cite_ref-tuik_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tuik-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The provincial capital is the city of <a href="/wiki/Ardahan" title="Ardahan">Ardahan</a>. Ardahan borders the Turkish provinces of <a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artvin_Province" title="Artvin Province">Artvin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ethnographic_map_of_the_Ardahan_Okrug-1902.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ethnographic_map_of_the_Ardahan_Okrug-1902.png/220px-Ethnographic_map_of_the_Ardahan_Okrug-1902.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ethnographic_map_of_the_Ardahan_Okrug-1902.png/330px-Ethnographic_map_of_the_Ardahan_Okrug-1902.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Ethnographic_map_of_the_Ardahan_Okrug-1902.png/440px-Ethnographic_map_of_the_Ardahan_Okrug-1902.png 2x" data-file-width="1174" data-file-height="1270" /></a><figcaption>Ethnographic map of Ardahan okrug in 1902</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1886, 43,643 people lived in Ardahan Vilayet of which <span data-sort-value="7001466306165937263♠" style="display:none"></span>46.6% was Turkish, <span data-sort-value="7001159796530944252♠" style="display:none"></span>16% was Kurdish, <span data-sort-value="7001142726210388836♠" style="display:none"></span>14.3% <a href="/wiki/Karapapakhs" title="Karapapakhs">Karapapakh</a>, <span data-sort-value="7001128703343033247♠" style="display:none"></span>12.9% Greek, <span data-sort-value="7000716724331507916♠" style="display:none"></span>7.2% Turkmen, <span data-sort-value="7000237380565039066♠" style="display:none"></span>2.4% Russian and <span data-sort-value="6999600325367183740♠" style="display:none"></span>0.6% Armenian. The town of Ardahan had a population of 778 of which <span data-sort-value="7001517994858611825♠" style="display:none"></span>51.8% was Turkish, <span data-sort-value="7001221079691516709♠" style="display:none"></span>22.1% Russian, <span data-sort-value="7001181233933161953♠" style="display:none"></span>18.1% Armenian and <span data-sort-value="7000616966580976863♠" style="display:none"></span>6.2% Greek.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŞimşek209_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŞimşek209-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1897 <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Empire Census">Russian Empire Census</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kars_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Kars Oblast">Ardahan okrug</a> had a population of 65,763 of which <span data-sort-value="7001426486017973632♠" style="display:none"></span>42.6% was Turkish, <span data-sort-value="7001191064884509526♠" style="display:none"></span>19.1% Kurdish, <span data-sort-value="7001119732980551373♠" style="display:none"></span>12% Karapapakh, <span data-sort-value="7001119200766388394♠" style="display:none"></span>11.9% Greek, <span data-sort-value="7000658120827821115♠" style="display:none"></span>6.6% <a href="/wiki/Turkmens" title="Turkmens">Turkmen</a> and <span data-sort-value="7000291653361312592♠" style="display:none"></span>2.9% Armenian. Slavs constituted <span data-sort-value="7000389884889679607♠" style="display:none"></span>3.9% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town of Ardahan had a population of 4,142 of which <span data-sort-value="7001371076774505070♠" style="display:none"></span>37.1% was Slavic, <span data-sort-value="7001317479478512795♠" style="display:none"></span>31.7% Armenian, <span data-sort-value="7001180106228874939♠" style="display:none"></span>18% Turkish and <span data-sort-value="7000258329309512312♠" style="display:none"></span>2.6% Greek.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1908, Ardahan sancak had a population of 71,469 of which <span data-sort-value="7001416334354755208♠" style="display:none"></span>41.6% was Turkish, <span data-sort-value="7001180903608557556♠" style="display:none"></span>18.1% was Kurdish, <span data-sort-value="7001154192726916565♠" style="display:none"></span>15.4% Greek, <span data-sort-value="7001143642698232800♠" style="display:none"></span>14.4% Karapapakh, <span data-sort-value="7000785375477479746♠" style="display:none"></span>7.9% Turkmen, <span data-sort-value="7000224572891743273♠" style="display:none"></span>2.2% Russian and <span data-sort-value="6999380584589122556♠" style="display:none"></span>0.4% Armenian.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŞimşek210_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŞimşek210-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the first Turkish census taking place in 1927, Ardahan District had a population of 88,989 of which <span data-sort-value="7001857544190855049♠" style="display:none"></span>85.8% spoke <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a> as <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">first language</a>, while <span data-sort-value="7001137634988594095♠" style="display:none"></span>13.8% spoke <a href="/wiki/Kurdish_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish languages">Kurdish</a>. <span data-sort-value="7001987998040496407♠" style="display:none"></span>98.8% of the Kurdish-speaking population lived in <a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6le_District" title="Göle District">Göle sub-district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŞimşek221_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŞimşek221-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same census, almost <span data-sort-value="7001999629167649934♠" style="display:none"></span>100% of the population was <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a>. 14 Christians lived in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEŞimşek224_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEŞimşek224-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district had a population of 104,911 in 1935.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first surviving record about this region is attributed to <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>, who calls it <a href="/wiki/Gugars" title="Gugars">Gogarene</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gugark" title="Gugark">Gugark</a>) and mentions that it was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Armenia</a>, taken away from the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia_(antiquity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Iberia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ASE_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> Ardahan served as an important transit point for goods arriving from the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> and departing to the regions around the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a>. During the 8th to 10th centuries the region was in hands of the <a href="/wiki/Bagrationi_dynasty" title="Bagrationi dynasty">Bagrationi</a> princes of <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Tao-Klarjeti" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Tao-Klarjeti">Tao-Klarjeti</a>, and later part of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Kingdom of Georgia</a> between 11th to 15th centuries. It was a theatre of war during the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Georgian_wars" title="Byzantine–Georgian wars">Byzantine-Georgian wars</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a> historian <a href="/wiki/Yahya_of_Antioch" title="Yahya of Antioch">Yahya of Antioch</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantines</a> razed Ardahan and slaughtered its population in 1021.<sup id="cite_ref-ASE_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ASE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongols</a> took hold of the region in the 1230s but the Georgian princes of <a href="/wiki/Samtskhe_atabegate" class="mw-redirect" title="Samtskhe atabegate">Samtskhe</a> were able to recapture it in 1266. As a result of <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Amasya" title="Peace of Amasya">Peace of Amasya</a>, signed in 1555 with the <a href="/wiki/Safavid" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid">Safavid</a> <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a>, Ardahan passed to <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> hands and reorganized into the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Sanjak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ardahan Sanjak (page does not exist)">Ardahan sanjak</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Eyalet" title="Eyalet">eyalet</a> of <a href="/wiki/Childir_Eyalet" title="Childir Eyalet">Childir</a>. In 1578 Ottomans appointed the former Georgian prince, <a href="/wiki/Manuchar_II_Jaqeli" title="Manuchar II Jaqeli">Manuchar</a> (who took the name of <i>Mustafa</i> after converting to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>) as the first governor.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1625 onwards the entire eyalet was a hereditary possession of the now-Muslim <a href="/wiki/Atabeg" title="Atabeg">atabegs</a> of Samtskhe,<sup id="cite_ref-hist-geo_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist-geo-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which administered it as hereditary governors, with some exceptions, until the mid-18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1878, after the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878)" title="Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)">Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)</a>, the region was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, and until 1918 was known as <a href="/wiki/Kars_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Kars Oblast">Kars Oblast</a>. Northern part of the province is <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Georgia" title="Democratic Republic of Georgia">Democratic Republic of Georgia</a> from 1919 to 1921 and southern part of the province is <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Republic of Armenia">Democratic Republic of Armenia</a> from 1919 to 1920, Ardahan was reclaimed by Turkey under the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Kars" title="Treaty of Kars">Treaty of Kars</a> in 1921. Ardahan Province was created in 1992 from the northern part of <a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-law3806_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law3806-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The construction of the <a href="/wiki/Baku%E2%80%93Tbilisi%E2%80%93Ceyhan_pipeline" title="Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline">Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline</a> gave the local economy a brief boost from 2000 onwards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ardahan province is located in the far north east of Turkey, where the eastern extremity of the high plateau of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Anatolia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Anatolia">Eastern Anatolia</a> converges with the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Caucasus" title="Lesser Caucasus">Lesser Caucasus</a> mountain range. It is consequently an area of very high altitude and severe winters. This is attractive open countryside which however spends many months of the year under snow. At this altitude temperatures on average reach −20 °C (−4 °F) and can drop below freezing all year round, including summer months. </p><p>The local economy depends on farming and raising livestock. Until 1993 Ardahan was a district of the province of <a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a>, becoming a province in its own right has meant more investment in infrastructure </p><p>There are two crossing points into the <a href="/wiki/Samtskhe%E2%80%93Javakheti" title="Samtskhe–Javakheti">Samtskhe–Javakheti</a> district of Georgia, one at <a href="/wiki/Posof" title="Posof">Posof</a> and the other (currently closed) at <a href="/wiki/%C3%87%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r" title="Çıldır">Çıldır</a>. The Turkish military have a strong presence in this border district, another boost to the local economy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The predominant climate in the Ardahan province is <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental_climate" title="Humid continental climate">humid continental climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Dfb</i>) bordering on a <a href="/wiki/Subarctic_climate" title="Subarctic climate">subarctic climate</a> (Dfc), with most large settlements in the province being located in lowest possible elevation areas, in attempt to avoid the year-round cold temperatures, thus staying just below the subarctic limit. Smaller locales, districts, villages and a significant portion of the landscape, exhibits a true <a href="/wiki/Subarctic_climate" title="Subarctic climate">subarctic climate</a> (Dfc), being the second most widespread <a href="/wiki/Climate" title="Climate">climate</a> in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Climate.org_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Climate.org-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ardahan_location_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ardahan_location_districts.png/320px-Ardahan_location_districts.png" decoding="async" width="320" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ardahan_location_districts.png/480px-Ardahan_location_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ardahan_location_districts.png/640px-Ardahan_location_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Ardahan province is divided into 6 <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts in Turkey">districts</a> (capital district in <b>bold</b>): </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ardahan_District" title="Ardahan District">Ardahan</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r_District" title="Çıldır District">Çıldır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damal_District" title="Damal District">Damal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6le_District" title="Göle District">Göle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanak_District" title="Hanak District">Hanak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posof_District" title="Posof District">Posof</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_and_towns">Cities and towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cities and towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardahan" title="Ardahan">Ardahan</a> City 17,171 inh.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6le" title="Göle">Göle</a> City 6,231 inh.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanak" title="Hanak">Hanak</a> City 4,030 inh.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damal" title="Damal">Damal</a> City 3,804 inh.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6pr%C3%BCl%C3%BC,_G%C3%B6le" title="Köprülü, Göle">Köprülü</a> Town 2,126 inh.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posof" title="Posof">Posof</a> City 1,810 inh.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r" title="Çıldır">Çıldır</a> City 1,502 inh.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>There are a number of medieval castles in the district including <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eeytan_Castle" title="Şeytan Castle">Şeytan Castle</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_%C3%87%C4%B1ld%C4%B1r" title="Lake Çıldır">Lake Çıldır</a></li> <li>Phantom of <a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk" title="Mustafa Kemal Atatürk">Atatürk</a> in city of Damal</li></ul> <p>There is a unique natural incident, between mid of June and mid July during sunset, depending on angles of the sunrays. An image resembling the silhouette of <a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk" class="mw-redirect" title="Atatürk">Atatürk</a>'s face can be seen as a shadow on the hillside. It was first seen by a shepherd who was with his herd over the hill.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ardahan_Province&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_populated_places_in_Ardahan_Province" title="List of populated places in Ardahan Province">List of populated places in Ardahan Province</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ardahan_districts.png/100px-Ardahan_districts.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ardahan_districts.png/150px-Ardahan_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ardahan_districts.png/200px-Ardahan_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="1056" data-file-height="816" /></a><figcaption>Districts of Ardahan</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="List_of_provinces_by_region"><b>List of <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Turkey" title="Provinces of Turkey">provinces</a> by <a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Turkey" title="NUTS statistical regions of Turkey">region</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Region_(statistical)" title="Istanbul Region (statistical)">Istanbul</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Marmara_Region_(statistical)" title="West Marmara Region (statistical)">West Marmara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirne_Province" title="Edirne Province">Edirne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1rklareli_Province" title="Kırklareli Province">Kırklareli</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tekirda%C4%9F_Province" title="Tekirdağ Province">Tekirdağ</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Region_(statistical)" title="Aegean Region (statistical)">Aegean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afyonkarahisar_Province" title="Afyonkarahisar Province">Afyonkarahisar</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCtahya_Province" title="Kütahya Province">Kütahya</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manisa_Province" title="Manisa Province">Manisa</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mu%C4%9Fla_Province" title="Muğla Province">Muğla</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U%C5%9Fak_Province" title="Uşak Province">Uşak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Marmara_Region" title="East Marmara Region">East Marmara</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bilecik_Province" title="Bilecik Province">Bilecik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolu_Province" title="Bolu Province">Bolu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCzce_Province" title="Düzce Province">Düzce</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kocaeli_Province" title="Kocaeli Province">Kocaeli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sakarya_Province" title="Sakarya Province">Sakarya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalova_Province" title="Yalova Province">Yalova</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="West Anatolia Region (statistical)">West Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaman_Province" title="Karaman Province">Karaman</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Konya_Province" title="Konya Province">Konya</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Region_(statistical)" title="Mediterranean Region (statistical)">Mediterranean</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Adana_Province" title="Adana Province">Adana</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdur_Province" title="Burdur Province">Burdur</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isparta_Province" title="Isparta Province">Isparta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş Province">Kahramanmaraş</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mersin_Province" title="Mersin Province">Mersin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osmaniye_Province" title="Osmaniye Province">Osmaniye</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Central Anatolia Region (statistical)">Central Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aksaray_Province" title="Aksaray Province">Aksaray</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kayseri_Province" title="Kayseri Province">Kayseri</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C4%B1kkale_Province" title="Kırıkkale Province">Kırıkkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Kırşehir Province">Kırşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nev%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Nevşehir Province">Nevşehir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C4%9Fde_Province" title="Niğde Province">Niğde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivas_Province" title="Sivas Province">Sivas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yozgat_Province" title="Yozgat Province">Yozgat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_Black_Sea_Region_(statistical)" title="West Black Sea Region (statistical)">West Black Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amasya_Province" title="Amasya Province">Amasya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C4%B1n_Province" title="Bartın Province">Bartın</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ank%C4%B1r%C4%B1_Province" title="Çankırı Province">Çankırı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87orum_Province" title="Çorum Province">Çorum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karab%C3%BCk_Province" title="Karabük Province">Karabük</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kastamonu_Province" title="Kastamonu Province">Kastamonu</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Samsun_Province" title="Samsun Province">Samsun</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinop_Province" title="Sinop Province">Sinop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokat_Province" title="Tokat Province">Tokat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zonguldak_Province" title="Zonguldak Province">Zonguldak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Black_Sea_Region_(statistical)" title="East Black Sea Region (statistical)">East Black Sea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artvin_Province" title="Artvin Province">Artvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giresun_Province" title="Giresun Province">Giresun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fhane_Province" title="Gümüşhane Province">Gümüşhane</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ordu_Province" title="Ordu Province">Ordu</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rize_Province" title="Rize Province">Rize</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trabzon_Province" title="Trabzon Province">Trabzon</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Northeast Anatolia Region (statistical)">Northeast Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%C4%9Fr%C4%B1_Province" title="Ağrı Province">Ağrı</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ardahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayburt_Province" title="Bayburt Province">Bayburt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzincan_Province" title="Erzincan Province">Erzincan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r_Province" title="Iğdır Province">Iğdır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kars_Province" title="Kars Province">Kars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_East_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Central East Anatolia Region (statistical)">Central East Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Province" title="Bingöl Province">Bingöl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitlis_Province" title="Bitlis Province">Bitlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Province" title="Elazığ Province">Elazığ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_Province" title="Hakkâri Province">Hakkâri</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Malatya_Province" title="Malatya Province">Malatya</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C5%9F_Province" title="Muş Province">Muş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunceli_Province" title="Tunceli Province">Tunceli</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Van_Province" title="Van Province">Van</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Southeast_Anatolia_Region_(statistical)" title="Southeast Anatolia Region (statistical)">Southeast Anatolia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ad%C4%B1yaman_Province" title="Adıyaman Province">Adıyaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batman_Province" title="Batman Province">Batman</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilis_Province" title="Kilis Province">Kilis</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mardin_Province" title="Mardin Province">Mardin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siirt_Province" title="Siirt Province">Siirt</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_Province" title="Şanlıurfa Province">Şanlıurfa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C4%B1rnak_Province" title="Şırnak Province">Şırnak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><small><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_municipalities_in_Turkey" title="Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey">Metropolitan municipalities</a> are bolded.</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Ankara_Province" title="Ankara Province">Ankara</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Antalya_Province" title="Antalya Province">Antalya</a></b></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ardahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artvin_Province" title="Artvin Province">Artvin</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">Aydın</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Province" title="Balıkesir Province">Balıkesir</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart%C4%B1n_Province" title="Bartın Province">Bartın</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batman_Province" title="Batman Province">Batman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayburt_Province" title="Bayburt Province">Bayburt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilecik_Province" title="Bilecik Province">Bilecik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Province" title="Bingöl Province">Bingöl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitlis_Province" title="Bitlis Province">Bitlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolu_Province" title="Bolu Province">Bolu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdur_Province" title="Burdur Province">Burdur</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bursa_Province" title="Bursa Province">Bursa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87anakkale_Province" title="Çanakkale Province">Çanakkale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ank%C4%B1r%C4%B1_Province" title="Çankırı Province">Çankırı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87orum_Province" title="Çorum Province">Çorum</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Denizli_Province" title="Denizli Province">Denizli</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r_Province" title="Diyarbakır Province">Diyarbakır</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCzce_Province" title="Düzce Province">Düzce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirne_Province" title="Edirne Province">Edirne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Province" title="Elazığ Province">Elazığ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erzincan_Province" title="Erzincan Province">Erzincan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Erzurum_Province" title="Erzurum Province">Erzurum</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Province" title="Eskişehir Province">Eskişehir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gaziantep_Province" title="Gaziantep Province">Gaziantep</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giresun_Province" title="Giresun Province">Giresun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCm%C3%BC%C5%9Fhane_Province" title="Gümüşhane Province">Gümüşhane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakk%C3%A2ri_Province" title="Hakkâri Province">Hakkâri</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hatay_Province" title="Hatay Province">Hatay</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I%C4%9Fd%C4%B1r_Province" title="Iğdır Province">Iğdır</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isparta_Province" title="Isparta Province">Isparta</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">İstanbul</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F_Province" title="Kahramanmaraş 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