Diyarbakır (Province)

Diyarbakır
Province number:	21st
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	38 ° 9 ′  N , 40 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 9 ′  N , 40 ° 16 ′  E
Provincial capital:	Diyarbakır
Region:	Southeast Anatolia
Surface:	15,168 km²
Population:	1,732,396 (2018)
Population density:	114.2 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Hasan Basri Güzeloğlu
Seats in Parliament:	11
Structural
Telephone code:	0412
Features :	21st
Website
www.diyarbakir.gov.tr (Turkish)

Diyarbakır ( Ottoman دیاربکر Diyâr-i Bekr , German 'Land von Bekr' , Aramaic ܐܡܕ Amed orܐܡܝܕ Amid , Kurdish Amed ) is a province in southeastern Turkey , with the capital Diyarbakır . At the end of 2018, the province had 1,732,396 inhabitants on an area of ​​15,168 km². Neighboring provinces are Malatya , Elazığ , Bingöl , Muş , Batman , Mardin , Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman . Geographically, Diyarbakır is located in northern Mesopotamia and has a very long history.

geography

Diyarbakır is a province surrounded by mountains. Towards the middle there is a depression that runs from west to east and was largely formed by the Tigris . In the north is the Taurus , which separates the regions of Eastern Anatolia and Southeast Anatolia from each other. In the southwest, on the border with the province of Şanliurfa, lies the 1957 m high Karacadağ , an extinct volcano. Its solidified lava masses reach as far as the Tigris Depression.

The most important river in the province is the Tigris, which comes from Elazığ and flows through the province. It flows past the city of Diyarbakır and takes in other rivers before flowing south. In the northwest, a tributary of the Euphrates brushes the province. Several dams were built as part of the Southeast Anatolia project .

Administrative division

Diyarbakır has been a large city (Büyükşehir belediyesi ) since 1993 . In 2008 the central district ( Merkez ) was divided into the four new İlçe Bağlar , Kayapınar , Sur and Yenişehir . After an administrative reform in 2014 (after the local elections on March 30, 2014), all districts were directly subordinate to the Lord Mayor of Diyarbakır. The former mayors of the municipalities ( Belediye ) were downgraded to the rank of Muhtar . Thus, the 17 districts became urban districts at the same time:

İlçe	Area in km²  1	Population on December 31, 2018  2			Number of mahalles	Population density  (inh. Per km²)	Sex ratio women to 1000 men  3	Founding date  4.5
		total	male	Female
Baglar	429	388.387	195.143	193.244	48	905.3	990	2008
Bismil	1,679	117,674	58,693	58,981	122	70.1	1005	1936
Çermik ( zaz. Çêrmûg )	948	50,812	25,580	25,232	81	53.6	986
Çınar	1.934	74.207	37,188	37.019	100	38.4	995	1937
Çüngüş ( zaz.Sankus )	512	11,927	6.001	5,926	40	23.3	988	1953
Dicle (zaz. Pîran )	738	38,220	19,263	18,957	48	51.8	984	1936
Eğil (zaz. GEL )	449	23,369	11,714	11,655	30th	52.0	995	1987
Ergani ( Kurd. Erxanî )	1,510	130.105	66.003	64.102	102	86.2	971	1926
Hani (zaz. Hêni )	436	33,100	16,877	16,223	26th	75.9	961	1958
Hazro	426	16,935	8,593	8,342	31	39.8	971	1954
Kayapınar	480	362,407	185.405	177.002	34	755.0	955	2008
Kocaköy (Kurd. Karaz )	248	16,679	8,530	8,149	22nd	67.3	955	1990
Kulp (Kurd. Pasûr )	1,560	36,640	18,465	18,175	58	23.5	984
Lice (Kurd. Pîran )	982	26,163	13,755	12,408	70	26.6	902
Silvan	1,252	86,672	43,823	42,849	93	69.2	978
Sur	1,227	112,306	55,871	56,435	100	91.5	1010	2008
Yenişehir	358	206.793	104,564	102.229	42	577.6	978	2008
PROVINCE of Diyarbakır	15,168	1,732,396	875,468	856.928	1047	114.2	979

swell

¹ Area 2014

² Population update as of December 31, 2018

³ Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)

^4th Ministry of Interior PDF

⁵Counties that were not formed until after Turkey was founded (1923).

population

The Kurds make up the majority of the population . The Kurds living here mostly speak Kurmanji . In the districts of Çermik , Çüngüş , Eğil , Dicle , Hani and parts of Lice , however, Zaza dominates . Of the tens of thousands of Christian Armenians and Arameans , only about 60 have lived in the provincial capital Diyarbakır since the massacres . The Christians live mainly in the Hançepek district ( popularly known as Gâvur Mahallesi , German unbeliever quarter ). Apart from this relatively small Christian minority in the provincial capital Diyarbakır and the Alevi Turks in Bismil County , all residents are Sunni Muslims. There was once a significant number of Yazidis who emigrated mostly to Western Europe.  

Bismil also had a larger Turkish population until a few decades ago. Most of them have moved to major western cities since the late 1980s or early 1990s at the latest. The villages of Aralık , Bakacak , Eliaçık , Karamusa , Köseli , Recep , Türkmenhacı and Ulutürk in the vicinity of Bismil and Çermik still have a Turkish majority.

Results of the population extrapolation

The following table shows the annual population development after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, (the population growth rate and gender relations are sex ratio , the number of women per 1,000 men mathematically determined d. H.) Listed. The 2011 census found 1,561,110 inhabitants, almost 200,000 more than in the 2000 census.

year	Population at the end of the year			Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
	total	male	Female
2018	1,732,396	875,468	856.928	1.91	979	12
2017	1,699,901	857.070	842.831	1.60	983	12
2016	1,673,119	844.011	829.108	1.14	982	12
2015	1,654,196	834.354	819.842	1.17	983	12
2014	1,635,048	824.133	810.915	1.72	984	12
2013	1,607,437	809.791	797,646	0.96	985	12
2012	1,592,167	804,952	787.215	1.35	978	12
2011	1,570,943	795.894	775.049	2.75	974	12
2010	1,528,958	767.503	761.455	0.92	992	12
2009	1,515,011	767.926	747.085	1.49	973	12
2008	1,492,828	757.497	735.331	2.20	971	11
2007	1,460,714	735,561	725.153	−7.19	986	11
2000	1,362,708	692.167	670,541		969	10

Census results

The following tables show the population of Diyarbakır Province documented in the 15 censuses . The values ​​in the table on the left come from e-books (from the original documents), the values ​​in the table on the right are based on the data query from the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK

year	Population on censor day		Share in%	rank
	Turkey	Bursa Province
1927	13,648,270	194.183	1.42	32
1935	16.158.018	214.142	1.33	38
1940	17,820,950	257,321	1.44	33
1945	18,790,174	249,949	1.33	37
1950	20,947,188	293,738	1.40	35
1955	24,064,763	343.903	1.43	29
1960	27,754,820	401,884	1.45	20th

year	Population on censor day		Share in%	rank
	Turkey	Bursa Province
1965	31,391,421	475.916	1.52	25th
1970	35.605.176	581.208	1.63	20th
1975	40,347,719	651.233	1.61	21st
1980	44,736,957	778.150	1.74	16
1985	50,664,458	934.505	1.84	13
1990	56.473.035	1,094,996	1.94	13
2000	67,803,927	1,362,708	2.01	10
2011	74,525,696	1,561,110	2.09	12

Number of provinces in relation to the census years:

• 1927, 1940 to 1950: 63 provinces
• 1935: 57 provinces
• 1955: 67 provinces
• 1960 to 1985: 73 provinces
• 1990: 73 provinces
• 2000: 81 provinces

Detailed census results

year	Total population			Urban population			Rural population
	total	male	Female	total	male	Female	total	male	Female
1927	194.183	97,435	96,748	47,397	27,195	20.202	146.786	70,240	76,546
1935	214.142	107.229	106,913	50,316	27,706	22,610	163,826	79,523	84,303
1940	257,321	133,050	124.271	66.103	37,519	28,584	191,218	95,531	95,687
1945	249,949	127,466	122,483	63,377	34,562	28,815	186,572	92.904	93,668
1950	293,738	150,560	143.178	72,267	39,381	32,886	221,471	111.179	110.292
1955	343.903	177.833	166.070	98,798	53,798	45,000	245.105	124.035	121,070
1960	401,884	208,650	193.234	124,718	68,429	56,289	277.166	140.221	136.945
1965	475.916	249,874	226.042	162,467	89,951	72,516	313,449	159.923	153,529
1970	581.208	302.237	278.971	238.504	129,686	108,818	342.704	172,551	170.153
1975	651.233	343,797	307.436	281.960	155.823	126,137	369.273	187.974	181,299
1980	778.150	403,603	374,547	374.264	197,468	176,796	403.886	206.135	197,751
1985	934.505	480.703	453.802	472.055	249,531	222,524	462.450	231.172	231.278
1990	1,094,996	559,446	535,550	600,640	314.180	286,460	494.356	245.266	249.090
2000	1,362,708	692.167	670,541	817.692	420.712	396.980	545.016	271,455	273,561

Personalities

• Veli Acar , football player
• Ahmet Arif , poet
• Bernas Avşar , German-speaking rapper
• Zabelle C. Boyajian , British painter and writer
• Oya Aydoğan , actress
• Osman Baydemir , politician
• Mehmed Emîn Bozarslan , writer
• Mihran Dabag , political scientist and sociologist
• Abdussamed Diyarbekri , Ottoman historian
• Emrah , singer and actor
• Naum Faiq , Assyrian journalist, teacher and poet
• Ziya Gökalp , political scientist
• Nazmi Kırık , actor
• Mahsun Kırmızıgül , singer
• Kevork Malikyan , actor
• Mıgırdiç Margosyan , writer
• Süleyman Nazif , governor and journalist
• Fâik Âli Ozansoy , governor and poet
• Coşkun Sabah , oud player
• Samuel-Agop Uluçyan , actor
• Oktay Vural , MP for the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)
• Leyla Zana , politician
• Rupen Zartaryan , writer and genocide victim

Web links

Commons : Diyarbakır Province  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nufusu.com , accessed October 6, 2019
2. ↑ Governor's portrait on the Diyarbakır Province website
3. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF; 0.25 MB).
4. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on October 6, 2019
5. ↑ illeridaresi.gov.tr (PDF; 1.4 MB).
6. ↑ Naci Sapan: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: The Last Armenians of Diyarbakır ) , April 22, 2006. (Turkish)
7. ↑ Duygu Ertürk: ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: The remnants of 'Gâvur Mahallesi' ... ) , May 14, 2008. (Turkish)
8. ↑ Tokat Nüfusu , accessed on October 6, 2019
9. ^ Library of the Turkish Statistics Institute TÜIK , available after entering search data
10. ↑ Genel Nüfus Sayımları (census results 1965 to 2000) available after selecting the year and region