Uludere District is a district of the

Şırnak Province Şırnak Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province in Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt Province, Siirt, Hakkâri Province, Hakkâri and Mardin ...

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. In 2023, the district had a population of 46,740. The seat of the district is the town of Uludere. Its area is 841 km². The district was formed in 1957. Around 90% of the district is populated by

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from the Goyan tribe. The Kaşuran tribe also reside in the district.

Settlements

Uludere District contains four beldes, seventeen villages of which two are unpopulated and moreover seven

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Municipalities

# Hilal () # Şenoba () # Uludere # Uzungeçit ()

Villages

# Akduman () # Andaç () # Bağlı () # Bağlıca () # Ballı () # Bulakbaşı () # Dağdibi () # Doğan () # Gülyazı () # Işıkveren () # İnceler () # Onbudak ( (), ) # Ortabağ () #

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() # Ortasu () # Taşdelen () # Yemişli ()

Population

Population history from 2007 to 2023:

Geography

Uludere's neighbors are: the district of

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in the province of

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to the east; the districts of

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and Silopi to the west; the district of Beytüşşebap to the north; and the country of

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to the south."Uludere'de Coğrafi Yapı"
Geography of Uludere" an Uludere governmental webpage The topography of Uludere consists mostly of rugged mountainous terrain. The Haftanîn and Kêla Meme (Kel Mehmet) mountains are the highest mountains in Uludere. In addition, Suwar, Serhe, Haftanîn, Meydan, Elcan and Şirîş are important plateaus. The altitude varies between 800 meters and 3200 meters throughout the district. The lowest altitude is in the Şenoba town and the highest altitude is in the Kel Mehmet (Kêla Meme) mountain.

References

Districts of Şırnak Province States and territories established in 1957 Uludere District {{Şırnak-geo-stub