Taşliçay is a town and district of Agri Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located in the valley of the Murat River on the road from the city of Agri to Dogubeyazit and Turkey's border with Iran. It covers an area of 798 km², and the altitude is 1,660 m. The population, as of 2012, is 22,589, of which 6,284 live in the town of Taşliçay and the remainder on the surrounding countryside.
Taşliçay is surrounded by high mountains (2,000m plus), including; to the north Perili, Balikgölü (3,159 m) and Ziyarettepe (1,800 m) of the South Aras range; and to the south the Aladaglar, including Muratbasi (KoƧçbasi) (3,510 m) and Kandil (2,750 m).
A burial mound to the south of Taşliçay and numerous other ruins in the district indicate a long and varied human presence in the region. There is an Urartu temple and an Armenian monastery on the hill above the village of Tasteker.
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