Dicle
District and municipality
Map showing Dicle District in Diyarbakır Province
Map showing Dicle District in Diyarbakır Province
Dicle is located in Turkey
Dicle
Dicle
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E / 38.37500; 40.07333
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
Government
 • MayorFelat Aygören (HDP)
Area
738 km2 (285 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
36,114
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Postal code
21830
Area code0412

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]

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

There are 48 neighbourhoods in Dicle District:[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 Malmîsanij, Mehemed (1988). Pîro; Baran; Şêxbizinî (eds.). "Bazı yörelerde Dımıli ve Kurmanci lehçelerinin köylere göre dağılımı". Berhem (in Turkish). 2: 17. ISSN 1100-0910.
  3. ↑ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 407.
  4. ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Diyarbakır Dicle Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  7. ↑ "Etymology of Tigris". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  8. ↑ "Tîj in English". Glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  9. ↑ "Tîr in English". Glosbe.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  10. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.


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