Iğdır (Turkish: [ˈɯːdɯɾ] ; Armenian: Իգդիր, romanized: Igdir or Ցոլակերտ, Tsʿolakert; Azerbaijani: İğdır; Kurdish: Îdir or Reşqelas) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Iğdır Province and Iğdır District. Its population is 101,700 (2022).
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👉 Iğdır in the context of Iğdır District
Iğdır District (also: Merkez, meaning "central" in Turkish) is a district of the Iğdır Province of Turkey. Its seat is the city of Iğdır. Its area is 1,273 km, and its population is 147,197 (2022). It lies on the border with Armenia.
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Iğdır in the context of Ararat Plain
The Ararat Plain (Armenian: Արարատյան դաշտ, romanized: Araratyan dasht), called Iğdır Plain in Turkey (Turkish: Iğdır Ovası), is one of the largest plains of the Armenian Highlands. It stretches west of the Sevan basin, at the foothills of the Gegham mountains. In the north, the plain borders on Mount Aragats, and Mount Ararat in the south.
It is divided into two sections by the Aras River, the northern part located in Armenia, and the southern part in modern Turkey. The Turkish part of the plain is an Important Bird Area.