Dicle

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Dicle
Dicle
Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E / 38.37500; 40.07333Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E / 38.37500; 40.07333
Country Turkey
Province Diyarbakır
Government
 • Mayor Mustafa Uyguner (BDP)
 • Kaymakam Sezer Işıktaş
Area[1]
 • District 704.98 km2 (272.19 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
 • Urban 9,023
 • District 40,356
 • District Density 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Post code 21830

Dicle (Ottoman Turkish: پيران,[3] Kurdish: Pîran, Zazaki: Piran) is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Population is 8436 (as of 2010).

Dicle is also the Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.

References

  1. ↑ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05. 
  2. ↑ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27. 
  3. ↑ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 407.


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