Posof District

Posof District is a district of Ardahan Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Posof.^[1] Its area is 583 km²,^[2] and its population is 6,448 (2021).^[3] It has a border crossing with neighboring Georgia at Türkgözü.

Posof District
District
yayla, Posof District
Map showing Posof District in Ardahan Province
Posof District Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 41°08′N 43°08′E
Country	Turkey
Province	Ardahan
Seat	Posof
Government
• Kaymakam	Emrah Akduman
Area	583 km2 (225 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,448
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Website	www.posof.gov.tr

Composition

There is one municipality in Posof District:^[1]

• Posof

There are 48 villages in Posof District (former names also given):^[4]

• Akballı (Obol)
• Alabalık (Sayho)
• Alköy (Al)
• Arılı (Zedezünde)
• Armutveren (Papola)
• Asmakonak (Sanhuliye)
• Aşıküzeyir (Hevat)
• Aşıkzülali (Suskap)
• Balgöze (Çıldıret)
• Baykent (Vahla)
• Binbaşıeminbey (Cilvana)
• Çakırkoç (Mere)
• Çambeli (Sagre)
• Çamyazı (Ohtel)
• Çayırçimen (Lamiyan)
• Demirdöver (Varzna)
• Derindere
• Erim
• Gönülaçan (Şuvaskal)
• Gümüşkavak (Zendar)
• Günbatan (Banarhev)
• Günlüce (Caborya)
• Gürarmut (Kolishal)
• İncedere (Cuvantel)
• Kaleönü (Agara)
• Kalkankaya (Pedoban)
• Kayınlı (Şurğavul)
• Kırköy (Kır/damala)
• Kolköy (Kol)
• Kopuzlu (Çorçovan)
• Kumlukoz (Ğume)
• Kurşunçavuş (Sece)
• Özbaşı (Ğıniye)
• Sarıçiçek (Hertus)
• Sarıdarı (Tepesünde)
• Savaşır (Cancak)
• Söğütlükaya (Hunemis)
• Süngülü (Arile)
• Sütoluk (Satkabel)
• Taşkıran (Görgüsüben)
• Türkgözü (Badele)
• Uğurca (Yukarı Cacun)
• Uluçam (Varhana)
• Yaylaaltı (Satlel)
• Yeniköy
• Yolağzı (Sinsetip)
• Yurtbaşı (Sakabol)
• Yurtbekler (Caksuyu)