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Dicle
District and municipality in Diyarbakır, Turkey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town. For the river, see Tigris. For the given name and surname, see Dicle (name).
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]
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Dicle | |
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District and municipality | |
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![]() Map showing Dicle District in Diyarbakır Province | |
Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″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 |
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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.