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Ağrı

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Ağrı, city, in the highlands of eastern Turkey. It lies 5,380 feet (1,640 metres) above sea level in the valley of the Murat River, a tributary of the Euphrates River.

The city is a centre for trade in livestock and livestock products and is a transit station on the main highway from Turkey to Iran. Ağrı is named for Mount Ararat (Turkish: Ağrı Dağı), situated to the east near the frontier with Iran. Stock raising and agriculture are the main activities of the region. Kurds constitute a large proportion of the population of the countryside. Pop. (2000) 79,764; (2013 est.) 107,839.

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