- Patnos
Patnos (Armenian: Բադնոց (Latin transliteration: Badnoc‘ or Patnoc‘Kurdish:Panos.) is a district of
Ağrı Province ofTurkey on a plain surrounded by high mountains includingSüphan , watered by tributaries of theMurat River . 82km south of the city ofAğrı on the road to Van.The plain has been settled since at least 1300BC and this was a centre of
Urartu civilisation. there are a number of places of historical interest around Patnos, including the castle ofAznavur Tepe , an impressive Urartu building.Today Patnos is a small town in an impoverished rural area.
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