Diyarbakır Province
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 Diyarbakır Province |
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| Location of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey | |
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| Region: | Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey |
| Area: | 15,355 (km²) |
| Total Population | 1,494,321 TUIK 2006 (est) |
| Licence plate code: | 21 |
| Area code: | 0412 |
| Governor Website | http://www.diyarbakir.gov.tr |
| Weather forecast | turkeyforecast.com/weather/diyarbakir |
Diyarbakır (Kurdish: Diyar-ı Bekr) is a province in eastern Turkey. The province covers an area of 15,355km² and the population is 1,494,321. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 1,362,708. Kurds form the majority.[1]
Its adjacent provinces are Elazığ to the northwest, Malatya and Adıyaman to the west, Şanlıurfa to the southwest, Mardin to the south, Batman to the east, Muş to the east, and Bingöl to the northeast. The capital is the city of Diyarbakır.
[edit] Districts
Diyarbakır province is divided into 14 districts (capital district in bold):
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- (English) Pictures of the capital of this province
- (English) Diyarbakir Weather Forecast Information
- (English) Historical Armenian presence in Diyarbakir Province
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Diyarbakır Province (in the Southeastern Anatolia region) of Turkey |
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| Urban districts | Diyarbakır |   |
| Rural districts | Bismil - Çermik - Çınar - Çüngüş - Dicle - Eğil - Ergani - Hani - Hazro - Kocaköy - Kulp - Lice - Silvan | |
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