Diyarbakır Province

Diyarbakır Province (Turkis: Diyarbakır ili) is a province in eastren Turkey. The province covers an aurie o 15,355 km² an the population is 1,528,958. The provincial caipital is Diyarbakir

Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır ili
Province o Turkey
Location of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Sootheastren Anatolie
Govrenment
• Electoral destrict	Diyarbakır
Area
• Tot	15,355 km2 (5,929 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Tot	1,673,119
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0090412
Vehicle registration	21

It haes been hame tae mony ceevilisations an the surroondin aurie includin itsel is hame tae mony Mesolithic era stane carvins an airtifacts. The province haes been ruled bi Hittites, Assirie, Armenians, Persie, Macedonie an Seleucid Greeks, Roum, Parthie, Byzantium, Sassanid Persie, Arabs, Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Safavid dynasty, Ottoman Empire an feenally the Republic o Turkey.

Diyarbakir wis an early stranghauld o Syriac Christianity, an an aw o Armenian Christians. Afore Warld War I, Christian ethnic groups made up 30% o the population. Syne Warld War I, due tae the massacres o the Christian population an mass imigration, anerlie a few thoosan Christians still live in the province, some in the ceety o Diyarbakir, an ithers in Assirie an Armenie veelages.

The Kurds are the predominant population. Ither groups include Turks, Assiries, Armenians, Arabs an Yazidis.

Destricts

Diyarbakır province is dividit intae 14 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):

• Bismil
• Çermik
• Çınar
• Çüngüş
• Dicle
• Diyarbakır
• Eğil
• Ergani
• Hani
• Hazro
• Kocaköy
• Kulp
• Lice
• Silvan

References

1. Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces

Freemit airtins

• (in Inglis) Picturs o the caipital o this province
• (in Inglis) Diyarbakir Weather Forecast Information Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Inglis) Historical Armenian presence in Diyarbakir Province
• Tourism information is available in English at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project site. Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Inglis) Diyarbakir Live News Archived 2010-02-08 at the Wayback Machine