Kars Neighbourhood Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy): Shapefile & GeoPackage
Kars Neighbourhood Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy): Shapefile & GeoPackage
Kars Neighbourhood Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy)
Across its 8 districts (ilçe), Kars province (il) in Türkiye (Turkey) is divided into 440 neighbourhood and village units, each delivered here as a boundary polygon. Each format, GeoPackage (gpkg) or Shape file, costs €9.90 and is delivered as a digital download in EPSG:4326.
The provincial centre municipality (il belediyesi) lies in Kars Merkez, and each of the other districts has one district municipality (ilçe belediyesi). Kars also has 1 town municipality (belde), in Digor. Kars Merkez has the most units (97, 22% of all units in the province), and Akyaka has the fewest (29 units).
Key features
- Formats: GeoPackage (.gpkg) or Esri Shapefile (.shp), sold as two separate variants, GeoPackage (gpkg) and Shape file; GIS-ready for QGIS, ArcGIS and other GIS software
- Coordinate reference system: WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
- Nesting: every unit lies exactly inside its district and the Kars province boundary
- IDs and names: stable Geolocet unit IDs, official unit codes and official unit names, plus Turkish title-case names
- Area coverage: 98% of the province area. Areas outside these polygons are not represented in this layer.
- Version: v5, updated October 2026
Districts (ilçe) in Kars
Kars has 8 districts. Units per district: Akyaka (29), Arpaçay (53), Digor (39), Kağızman (71), Kars Merkez (97), Sarıkamış (64), Selim (56), Susuz (31).
Neighbourhoods (mahalle), villages (köy) and municipalities (belediye) per district in Kars:
| District (ilçe) | Mahalle | Köy | Unclassified | Belediye |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akyaka | 3 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| Arpaçay | 4 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| Digor | 2 | 37 | 0 | 2 |
| Kağızman | 9 | 60 | 2 | 1 |
| Kars Merkez | 23 | 71 | 3 | 1 |
| Sarıkamış | 9 | 55 | 0 | 1 |
| Selim | 3 | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| Susuz | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 |
Attributes and sample records
Each polygon has 12 fields; Shapefile field names are shortened where needed (for example belediye_id becomes bel_id). Field descriptions are on the Turkey neighbourhood boundaries page. Sample records from Kars:
| id | name | name_official | type | belediye_id | belediye_name | district_id | district_name | province_id | province_name | official_code | area_km2 | geometry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90005374 | Bahçeler | BAHÇELER | mahalle | 92002421 | Arpaçay | 3676781 | Arpaçay | 372863 | Kars | 41748 | 7.042 | polygon data |
| 90001471 | Akyayla | AKYAYLA | köy | 3676787 | Kağızman | 372863 | Kars | 17717 | 31.638 | polygon data | ||
| 90000108 | 30 Ekim | 30 EKİM | mahalle | 92002419 | Kars | 3676785 | Kars Merkez | 372863 | Kars | 41743 | 18.974 | polygon data |
| 90010010 | Cumhuriyet | CUMHURİYET | mahalle | 92002426 | Sarıkamış | 3676789 | Sarıkamış | 372863 | Kars | 41774 | 0.589 | polygon data |
| 90001239 | Akpınar | AKPINAR | köy | 3676791 | Selim | 372863 | Kars | 17838 | 12.881 | polygon data |
Full national dataset
- Turkey neighbourhood & village boundaries (mahalle & köy): 50,558 units for all 81 provinces with belediye links, nesting exactly with this dataset. A free Yalova sample is available there.
- Turkey districts (ilçe) boundaries: the matching district layer with 973 districts.
The full multi-level national dataset (country, regions, provinces, districts, belediye and 50,558 neighbourhoods and villages) is available on request (contact@geolocet.com).
Frequently asked questions
- How many neighbourhoods and villages does Kars have in this dataset?
- The Kars layer contains 440 units in 8 districts. 57 of the units are neighbourhoods (mahalle) and 377 are villages (köy), and 6 units are unclassified.
- Is each neighbourhood linked to its belediye?
- Yes, all 57 neighbourhoods in Kars carry the ID and name of their municipality (belediye). 1 of them belong to a town municipality (belde). Villages (köy) lie outside municipalities, so their belediye fields are empty.
- Is there a free sample?
- Yes. The free Yalova sample has every administrative level in GeoPackage and Shapefile format; select Free sample (Yalova) on the Turkey neighbourhood boundaries page.
- Can I get all of Türkiye or other administrative levels?
- Yes. The neighbourhood layers of all 81 provinces also form one national dataset together with the country, region, province, district and belediye layers; it is supplied after an enquiry, as described under Full national dataset.
Dataset metadata
- Dataset name
- Kars Neighbourhood and Village Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy)
- Description
- Boundary polygons of the 440 neighbourhoods and villages of Kars province, Türkiye, in 8 districts: 57 mahalle, 377 köy and 6 unclassified. Kars Merkez is the district with the most units (97), and the polygons cover 98% of the province area. Each unit has a stable Geolocet ID, its official name and code, its district and province, and neighbourhoods are linked to one of 9 municipalities (belediye). Typical uses are GIS mapping, geocoding, spatial joins and market and logistics analysis. The layer is a paid download in GeoPackage or Shapefile format (EPSG:4326) under the Geolocet terms of service.
- Dataset ID
- geolocet-turkey-neighbourhoods-v5-kars
- Publisher
- Geolocet
- Version
- v5 (product version)
- Last updated
- October 2026 (release of v5)
- Reference period
- October 2026: the administrative units as compiled for this release
- Spatial coverage
- Kars province (il), Türkiye; bounding box (WGS 84): south 39.9346, west 42.1007, north 41.0965, east 43.7500
- Administrative level and features
- Admin level 8 (mahalle and köy): 440 polygons in 8 districts
- Formats
- GeoPackage (.gpkg) or Shapefile (.shp), one format per variant
- Coordinate reference system
- WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
- Identifiers
- id is a stable Geolocet unit ID (not a government code); official_code is the official administrative unit code; district_id and province_id equal the id of the Geolocet district and province layers
- Geometry
- Boundary polygons compiled by Geolocet from official and open sources and aligned to the district boundaries; the official attributes are the unit names and codes, and the polygons are a GIS representation, not a legally binding boundary delimitation
- Area coverage
- 98% of the province area
- Access
- Paid download: GeoPackage or Shapefile variant
- Licence
- Geolocet terms of service
- Part of
- Turkey Neighbourhood and Village Boundaries (Mahalle & Köy)
- Language
- English, with Turkish names and a Turkish summary
Türkçe özet
Kars mahalle sınırları ve köy sınırları (GIS verisi): Kars ilindeki 8 ilçede bulunan 440 birimin sınırları Shapefile veya GeoPackage formatında indirilebilir. En fazla birim Kars Merkez ilçesindedir (97).