Beşiri

Beşiri
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Batman
Coordinates :	37 ° 55 '  N , 41 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 55 '12 "  N , 41 ° 17' 24"  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))
Website:	www.besiri.bel.tr
Beşiri County
Residents :	30,445 (2018)
Surface:	809 km²
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Üzeyir Yılmaz
Website (Kaymakam):	www.besiri.gov.tr

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

1. ↑ ^{a b} Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri (Nufusu.com) , accessed on April 23, 2019
2. ^ Election results of the Turkish regional elections in March 2019 (in Turkish) , accessed on April 23, 2019