Tuzluca
Tuzluca (; ; ''Koghb''; or Тузлуджа) is a town in the Iğdır Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey, Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Tuzluca District.
[İlçe Belediyesi]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 9,619 (2022).
[ It lies near the Armenia–Turkey border, border with Armenia.
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Etymology
''Tuz'' means ''salt'' in the Turkish language. The Turkish name ''Tuzluca'' is derived from the salt mines that have existed here since at least medieval times; a salt mine still operates.
History
Known by Armenians as ''Koghb'', Tuzluca was historically part of various Armenian kingdoms. The town and the surrounding area later became an Ottoman frontier Kurdish chiefdom and ...
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