Dicle (,
) is a municipality and
district
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of
Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province (; ; ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Its area is 15,101 km2, and its population is 1,804,880 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır. The Kurdish majority province ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 738 km
2, and its population is 36,114 (2022).
It is populated by
Zaza Kurds.
The mayor is Felat Aygören from the
HDP.
Dicle is the
Zaza Language
Zaza (endonym: , , , , , or , ) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey by the Zazas, who are mostly considered as Kurds, and in many cases identify as such. The language is a part of the Zaza–Gorani language ...
and
Turkish name of the
Tigris
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river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives from tighri- (arrow) from
Avestan
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and cognate with "tîj, tîr" (sharp, arrow) in
Zaza Language
Zaza (endonym: , , , , , or , ) is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken primarily in eastern Turkey by the Zazas, who are mostly considered as Kurds, and in many cases identify as such. The language is a part of the Zaza–Gorani language ...
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
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in Dicle District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* 15 Temmuz
* Acar
* Altayköy
* Arıköy
* Bademli
* Bağlarbaşı
* Bahçedere
* Bahçeköy
* Baltacı
* Başköy
* Baturköy
* Biçer
* BoÄŸaz
* Boğazköy
* Bozaba
* Çavlı
* Çelebi
* Dedeköy
* DeÄŸirmenli
* Döğer
* Durabeyli
* Gelincik
* Gölbaşı
* Gündoğdu
* Kaygısız
* Kayıköy
* Kelekçi
* Kırklar
* Kırkpınar
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* Kocaalan
* Koruköy
* KurÅŸunlu
* Kurudere
* Meydanköy
* Pekmezciler
* Pınar
* Sergenli
* Süsümlü
* Taşağıl
* Tepe
* Tepebaşı
* UÄŸrak
* UlubaÅŸ
* Uluçeşme
* Üzümlü
* Yeşilsırt
* YeÅŸiltepe
* YokuÅŸlu
References
Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province
Populated places in Diyarbakır Province
Districts of Diyarbakır Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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