Ergani (, ), formerly known as Arghni or Arghana, is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
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
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 1,510 km
2, and its population is 136,099 (2022).
Ergani District is located in the administrative as the Southeastern Anatolia Region, but as a geographical region it is located in Eastern Anatolia. The mayor is Ahmet Kaya (
HDP) since 2019. Ahmet Karaaslan was appointed as the
District Governor.
History
Trade has flourished between Ergani and
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia is known as present-day Iraq and forms the eastern geographic boundary of ...
during the third millennium BC. Ergani has a rich history of being a copper mining region. Copper supplied the entire region from Anatolia, Northern Levant to Upper Mesopotamia, but most importantly down the Euphrates river to Lower Mesopotamia.
Nearby sites important for the copper industry was
Arslandtepe to the west and
Norsun Tepe to the east. This region eventually produced arsenical copper, where the copper was added with arsenic. Arsenic is highly poisonous and was later replaced by tin.
Çayönü
Near the village of Sesverenpınar, among the Hilar rocks
Çayönü
Çayönü Tepesi is a Neolithic settlement in southeastern Turkey which prospered from circa 8,630 to 6,800 BC. It is located in Diyarbakır Province forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. It lies ne ...
hill was first settled in c. 7500 BC, and was continuously inhabited until 5000 BC (but only occasionally since then). Remains have been found from the earlier habitation, one of the most important archaeological finds of its era.
Education
There is 107 elementary schools, and 3 Anatolian high schools in Ergani. There is also a Dicle University Vocational School in Ergani.
Composition
There are 102
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Ergani District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Adnan Menderes
* Ahmetli
* Akçakale
* Akçoban
* Alitaşı
* Armutova
* Aşağıbitikçi
* Aşağıkuyulu
* Azıklı
* Aziziye
* Bademli
* Bagür
* Bahçekaşı
* Bereketli
* Boğazköy
* Boncuklu
* Bozyer
* Caferan
* Çakartaş
* Çakırfakır
* Canveren
* Çayırdere
* Çayköy
* Çimlihöyük
* Cömert
* CoÅŸkun
* Çukurdere
* Dağarası
* Dallıdağ
* DeÄŸirmendere
* Demirli
* Dereboyu
* Deringöze
* Develi
Develi, formerly known as ''Averak'' or ''Everek'', is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,892 km2, and its population is 66,840 (2022).
History
The historical name of the town is Eve ...
* DevletkuÅŸu
* DibektaÅŸ
* Doğanköy
* Fatih
* Fevzi Çakmak
* Giraylar
* Gökiçi
* Gözekaya
* Gözlü
* Gülerce
* Güneştepe
* Güzelyurt
* Hançerli
* Hendekköy
* Hilar
* İncehıdır
* Ä°stasyon
* Karaburçak
* Karpuzlu
* Karşıbağlar
* Kavaklı
* Kavurmaküpü
* Kayan
* Kemaliye
* KemertaÅŸ
* KesentaÅŸ
* Kıralan
* Kocaali
* Kömürtaş
* KortaÅŸ
* Koyunalan
* Kumçi
* Morkoyun
* Namıkkemal
* Olgun
* Ortaağaç
* Ortayazı
* Otluca
* Özbilek
* Pınarkaya
* Sabırlı
* Salihli
* Sallar
* Sallıca
* Sanayi
* Saray
* SavaÅŸ SavaÅŸ is a Turkish masculine given name that means "war, battle, fighting, warfare". It is also used as a surname. Notable people with the name are as follows:
Given name First name
* Savaş Ay (1954–2013), Turkish journalist
* SavaÅŸ Buldan ( ...
* Selmanköy
* Åžirinevler
* Sökündüzü
* Şölen
* Tevekli
* Üçkardeş
* Usluca
* Üzümlü
* Yakacık
* Yamaçlar
* Yapraklı
* Yayvantepe
* Yeniköy
* Yeşilköy
* Yolbulan
* Yolköprü
* Yoncalı
* Yukarıbitikçi
* Yukarıkarpuzlu
* Yukarıkuyulu
* Ziyaret
Climate
Ergani has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate ( ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen and Trewartha as ''Cs'', is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typic ...
(Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
: ''Csa'').
References
External links
Official City Website
{{Authority control
Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province
Populated places in Diyarbakır Province
Districts of Diyarbakır Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey