Iğdır Province (Turkish: Iğdır ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Îdirê[2]) is a province in eastern Turkey, located along the borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan (the area of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic), and Iran. Its adjacent provinces are Kars to the northwest and Ağrı to the west and south. It occupies an area of 3,587 km2 and population of 184,418[3] (2010 est.), it was 168,634 in 2000 (up from 142,601 in 1990). It was created from southeastern part of the former Kars Province in 1993. The current Governor of the province is Enver Ünlü.[4]
Anatolias highest mountain, Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) is at present in Turkey’s Iğdır province, but much of the land is a wide plain far below the mountain. The climate is the warmest in this part of Turkey; cotton can be grown in Iğdır. The closed border with Armenia follows the Aras River.
The provincial capital is the city of Iğdır. The majority of the province’s population is Kurdish, with Azerbaijanis making up the remainder.[5]