Dicle (Kurdish: Pîran,[2] Ottoman Turkish: پيران[3]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 738 km2,[5] and its population is 36,114 (2022).[1] It is populated by Kurds.[2]
Dicle | |
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District and municipality | |
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 Map showing Dicle District in Diyarbakır Province | |
  Dicle Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Felat Aygören (HDP) |
Area | 738 km2 (285 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 36,114 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 21830 |
| Area code | 0412 |
The Mayor is Felat Aygören from the HDP.[6]
Dicle is the Kurdish and Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives from tighri- (arrow) from Avestan[7] and cognate with "tîj, tîr" (sharp, arrow) in Kurdish[8][9] and tigra- (sharp, pointed) in Old Persian. Some claim that it derives from through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.
Composition
editThere are 48 neighbourhoods in Dicle District:[10]
- 15 Temmuz
- Acar
- Altayköy
- Arıköy
- Bademli
- Bağlarbaşı
- Bahçedere
- Bahçeköy
- Baltacı
- Başköy
- Baturköy
- Biçer
- Boğaz
- Boğazköy
- Bozaba
- Çavlı
- Çelebi
- Dedeköy
- Değirmenli
- Döğer
- Durabeyli
- Gelincik
- Gölbaşı
- Gündoğdu
- Kaygısız
- Kayıköy
- Kelekçi
- Kırklar
- Kırkpınar
- Kocaalan
- Koruköy
- Kurşunlu
- Kurudere
- Meydanköy
- Pekmezciler
- Pınar
- Sergenli
- Süsümlü
- Taşağıl
- Tepe
- Tepebaşı
- Uğrak
- Ulubaş
- Uluçeşme
- Üzümlü
- Yeşilsırt
- Yeşiltepe
- Yokuşlu
References
edit- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ a b Malmîsanij, Mehemed (1988). Pîro; Baran; Şêxbizinî (eds.). "Bazı yörelerde Dımıli ve Kurmanci lehçelerinin köylere göre dağılımı". Berhem (in Turkish). 2: 17. ISSN 1100-0910.
- ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 407.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Diyarbakır Dicle Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ^ "Etymology of Tigris". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Tîj in English". Glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ "Tîr in English". Glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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