Beşiri
Beşiri | ||||
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Basic data | ||||
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Province (il) : | Batman | |||
Coordinates : | 37 ° 55 ' N , 41 ° 17' E | |||
Residents : | 9,280 (2018) | |||
Telephone code : | (+90) 488 | |||
Postal code : | 72 200 | |||
License plate : | 72 | |||
Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
Structure : | 6 mahall | |||
Mayor : | Sait Karabulut (SP (Saadet Partİsİ)) | |||
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Beşiri County | ||||
Residents : | 30,445 (2018) | |||
Surface: | 809 km² | |||
Population density : | 38 inhabitants per km² | |||
Kaymakam : | Üzeyir Yılmaz | |||
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Beşiri ( Kurdish : Qubîn ) is a district town and a district in Southeast Anatolia . On May 18, 1990, Beşiri County moved from Siirt Province to the newly established Batman Province .
The district has almost 30,000 inhabitants, around five percent of the provincial population. The district town ( Merkez ) is home to around 30 percent of the district's population. İkiköprü with 3,713 inhabitants is another city ( Belde ), there are also 53 villages ( Köy ), three of which have over 1,000 inhabitants: Beşpınar (1,716), Doğankavak (1,476) and Yenipınar (1,179). The average population of the villages is 329 people.
Most of the people living in the region are Kurds , most of them speak Kurdish . A religious minority are the Yazidis are.
The district is flat and lies at an altitude of approx. 680 m. The only river in the district ( Garzan çayı ) flows into the Tigris after crossing the district .
In September 2016, incumbent mayors Mustafa Öztürk and Dicle Erdem were replaced by a statutory order for the support of a terrorist organization by a state official. In the regional elections in March 2019, Saadet Partİsİ (SP) candidate Sait Karabulut won 41.45% of the vote.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri (Nufusu.com) , accessed on April 23, 2019
- ^ Election results of the Turkish regional elections in March 2019 (in Turkish) , accessed on April 23, 2019