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Digor (District), Kars

Digor
Digor is located in Turkey
Digor
Digor
Coordinates: 40°22′32″N 43°24′45″E / 40.37556°N 43.41250°E / 40.37556; 43.41250Coordinates: 40°22′32″N 43°24′45″E / 40.37556°N 43.41250°E / 40.37556; 43.41250
Country Turkey
Province Kars
Government
 • Mayor Ekrem Bingül (BDP)
 • Kaymakam Fatih Özdemir
Area
 • District 1,164.10 km2 (449.46 sq mi)
Population (2012)
 • Urban 2,819
 • District 26,308
 • District density 23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Post code 36670
Website www.digor.bel.tr

Digor (Ottoman Turkish: ديغور‎,Armenian: Տեկոր, Tekor,Kurdish: Dîxor‎), is a district of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, and the name of the small town that is the district's administrative capital. The population of the town is 2,647. The mayor is Ekrem Bingül (BDP).Some suggests that the name of the settlement comes from Digor people whose are branch of Ossetians.



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