Mazıdağı
| Mazıdağı | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Mardin | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 29 ′ N , 40 ° 29 ′ E | |||
| Residents : | 10,436 (2010) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 482 | |||
| Postal code : | 47700 | |||
| License plate : | 47 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2012) | ||||
| Mayor : | Hasip Aktaş ( BDP ) | |||
| Mazıdağı County | ||||
| Residents : | 33,184 (2010) | |||
| Surface: | 855 km² | |||
| Population density : | 39 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Fırat Çelik | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Mazıdağı (formerly Şamrah , Kurdish Şemrex ) is a city and at the same time the name of a district in the Turkish province of Mardin in southeastern Anatolia . The city of Mazıdağı has 10,436 and the district 33,184 inhabitants (as of 2010). Mazıdağı is located in the north of the province and borders the Diyarbakır Province .
The name Mazıdağı means mountain of the trees of life . This refers to the abundance of the tree of life , a cypress plant , in the region.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( Memento from December 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on January 22, 2012
Web links
Commons : Mazıdağı - collection of images, videos and audio files
