Kağızman

Kağızman (Kurdish: Qaxizman),^[2][3][4] formerly Kaghzvan (Armenian: Կաղզուան),^[5] is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kağızman District.^[6] Its population is 21,130 (2022).^[1]

Kağızman
Municipality
Kağızman Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°09′30″N 43°08′03″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Kars
District	Kağızman
Government
• Mayor	Nevzat Yıldız (MHP)
Population  (2022)[1]	21,130
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	36700
Area code	0474
Website	www.kagizman.bel.tr

The current mayor is Nevzat Yıldız (MHP).^[7] The town was the administrative center of the Kagizman Okrug of the Kars Oblast until 1918.

Notable people

• Rohat Alakom, writer
• Bob Dylan, song writer's paternal grandmother's town^[8]

References

1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
2. "Dayika Leylayê çû şîna Sedanurê". TRT Nûçe (TRT Kurdish News). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
3. "Qaxizmanî kêfxweşbûne ku Bob Dylan xelata Nobelê wergirtîye". Rûpela Nû. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
4. Alakom, Rohat (2016-12-02). "Efsaneya Bob Dylan – guh jî dikarin bixwînin". Nefel. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
5. Hakobyan, Tadevos (1987). Պատմական Հայաստանի քաղաքները (Cities of historic Armenia) (in Armenian). Yerevan: "Hayastan" Publishing. p. 149.
6. İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
7. "Kars Kağızman Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
8. Dylan, pp. 92–93.