Kars okrug
Kars okrug
Карсский округ | |
|---|---|
Location in the Kars Oblast | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Oblast | Kars |
| Established | 1878 |
| Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | 3 March 1918 |
| Capital | Kars |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,785.69 km2 (2,233.87 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 191,970 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15.90% |
| • Rural | 84.10% |
The Kars okrug was a district (okrug) of the Kars Oblast of the Russian Empire between 1878 and 1918. Its capital was the city of Kars, presently part of the Kars Province of Turkey and the Amasia District of Armenia. The okrug bordered with the Ardahan okrug in the north, the Kagizman okrug in the south, the Olti okrug in the west, and the Erivan Governorate to its east.