Patnos

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• Belediye / Municipality:
www.patnos.bel.tr
• Kaymakamlık / District-Governorate:
www.patnos.gov.tr

Patnos (Armenian: Բադնոց, Latin transliteration: Badnoc‘ or Patnoc‘, Kurdish: Panos ) was a historically important Christian city, is now a district of Ağrı Province of Turkey on a plain surrounded by high mountains including Süphan, watered by tributaries of the Murat River. 82 km south of the city of Ağrı on the road to Van.

The plain has been settled since at least 1300BC and this was a centre of Urartu civilisation. The city has many historical ruins from Urartian period.There are a number of places of historical interest around Patnos, including the castle of Aznavur Tepe, an impressive Urartu building.

Today Patnos is a small town in an impoverished rural area. The town has a population of 62,425, kurdish people.

The plain has been settled since at least 1300BC and laied at central parts of Araratian Kingdom (Urartu) and Armenian Kingdoms. The city has many historical ruins from both periods.There are a number of places of historical interest around Patnos, including the castle of Aznavur hill, an impressive building at Araratian Kingdom period that was later fortified by Armenians and snce the fall of Urartu, named Patnots (Armenian: Պատնոց) that means "Walled place" in Armenian langiage.

Name of Patnos having no meaning in Turkish but is a Turkish transcription of the name of Patnots. During the long period of Armenian kingdoms of Yervanduni's, Arshakuni's, Artashesyan's, and Bagratuni's, Patnots was in the middle of Apahunik district of Tavruberan province of Armenian kingdom. Then it was included in Armenian kingdom of vaspurakan, Mongol, Arab, Seljukid and Ottoman empires. Before the Armenian genocide Patnots was a small Armenian city in Manazkert sanjak of Bitlis vilayet of ottoman Empire. Most of the population was killed by Turks in 1915-23 period.

Today Patnos is a small town in an impoverished rural area. Patnots plain surrounded by high mountains including Sipan, watered by tributaries of the Aratzani (Murat) river. 82 km south of the city of Ağrı on the road to Van.