Ardahan

Ardahan is a city in northeastern Turkey, near the Georgian border. It is the capital of Ardahan Province.Ardahan Province is populated by Azerbaijanis, Kurds and Turks. However, the area was heterogeneous prior to World War I and the Armenian Genocide.

Ardahan province is located in the far north east of Turkey, where the eastern extremity of the high plateau of Eastern Anatolia converges with the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. It is consequently an area of very high altitude and severe winters. This is attractive open countryside which however spends many months of the year under snow. At this altitude temperatures on average reach −20 °C (−4 °F) and can drop below freezing all year round, including summer months.The local economy depends on farming and raising livestock. Until 1993 Ardahan was a district of the province of Kars, becoming a province in its own right has meant more investment in infrastructure.There are two crossing points into the Samtskhe–Javakheti district of Georgia, one at Posof and the other (currently closed) at Cildir. The Turkish military have a strong presence in this border district, another boost to the local economy.