Patnos

Patnos (Armenian: Բադնոց, Latin transliteration: Badnoc‘ or Patnoc‘, Kurdish: Panos^[2]) is a city of Ağrı Province of Turkey on a plain surrounded by high mountains including Süphan, watered by tributaries of the Murat River. It is 82 km south of the city of Ağrı on the road to Van. It is the seat of Patnos District.^[3] Its population is 61,837 (2021).^[1] The mayor is Abdulhalik Taşkın (Ak Parti) in 2024.^[4]

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Patnos
Municipality
Mt. Süphan from Patnos
Patnos Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°14′09″N 42°52′07″E / 39.23583°N 42.86861°E / 39.23583; 42.86861
Country	Turkey
Province	Ağrı
District	Patnos
Government
• Mayor	Abdulhalik Taşkın (Ak Parti)
Population  (2021)[1]	61,837
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	04500
Website	www.patnos.bel.tr
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The plain has been settled since at least 1300BC and this was a centre of the Urartu civilisation. The city has many historical ruins from Urartian period.^[5]

1. ^ ^{a b} "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
2. ^ Avcýkýran, Dr. Adem (ed.). "Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî" (PDF). Tirsik. p. 56. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
3. ^ İlçe Belediyesi Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
4. ^ "Ağrı Patnos Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2010-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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