Diyarbakır Province

Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır ili
Province of Turkey
Location of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	Southeast Anatolia
Subregion	Şanlıurfa
Government
• Electoral district	Diyarbakır
• Governor	M. Cahit Kıraç
Area
• Total	15,355 km² (5,929 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)^[1]
• Total	1,528,958
• Density	100/km² (260/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0412
Vehicle registration	21

Diyarbakır Province (Turkish: Diyarbakır ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Amed‎) is a province in southeastern Turkey (Western Armenia). The province covers an area of 15,355 km² and its population is 1,528,958. The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır.

It has been home to many civilisations and the surrounding area including itself is home to many Mesolithic era stone carvings and artifacts. The province has been ruled by Hurrians, Hittites, Assyria, Armenians, Persia, Macedonian and Seleucid Greeks, Rome, Parthia, Byzantium, Sassanid Persia, Arabs, Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Safavid dynasty, Ottoman Empire (as the sequential Diyarbekir Eyalet and Diyarbekir Vilayet), and finally the modern Republic of Turkey.

The majority of the province's population is Kurdish.^[2]

Districts

Amed/Diyarbakır province is divided into 14 districts (capital district in bold):

References

^ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
^ Watts, Nicole F. (2010). Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167.

External links

(English) Pictures of the capital of this province
(English) Diyarbakir Weather Forecast Information
(English) Historical Armenian presence in Diyarbakir Province
Tourism information is available in English at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project site.
(English) Diyarbakir Live News

Diyarbakır Province of Turkey

Districts

List of Provinces by Region

Istanbul	Istanbul

West Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ

Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak

East Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova

West Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya

Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye

Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat

West Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak

East Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon

Northeast Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars

Central East Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elazığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van

Southeast Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

Provinces of Turkey

Adana Adıyaman Afyonkarahisar Ağrı Aksaray Amasya Ankara Antalya Ardahan Artvin Aydın Balıkesir Bartın Batman Bayburt Bilecik Bingöl Bitlis Bolu Burdur Bursa Çanakkale Çankırı Çorum Denizli Diyarbakır Düzce Edirne Elazığ Erzincan Erzurum Eskişehir Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hakkâri Hatay Iğdır Isparta Istanbul İzmir Kahramanmaraş Karabük Karaman Kars Kastamonu Kayseri Kilis Kırıkkale Kırklareli Kırşehir Kocaeli Konya Kütahya Malatya Manisa Mardin Mersin Muğla Muş Nevşehir Niğde Ordu Osmaniye Rize Sakarya Samsun Siirt Sinop Sivas Şanlıurfa Şırnak Tekirdağ Tokat Trabzon Tunceli Uşak Van Yalova Yozgat Zonguldak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

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