Siirt (Province)

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Siirt
Province number: 56
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Basic data
Coordinates: 37 ° 56 '  N , 42 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 37 ° 56 '  N , 42 ° 16'  E
Provincial capital: Siirt
Region: Southeast Anatolia
Surface: 5,718 km²
Population: 331,670 (2018)
Population density: 58.0 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor: Ali Fuat Atik
Seats in Parliament: 3
Structural
Post Code: 56100
Telephone code: 0486
Features : 56
Website
www.siirt.gov.tr (Turkish)

Siirt ( Arabic سعرد, Kurdish Sêrt ) is a province in southeastern Turkey . Its capital is the city of the same name, Siirt . Siirt is between 600 and 1600 m high and has an area of ​​5,718 km². In the north are the provinces of Bitlis and Van . In the south the provinces of Şırnak and Mardin form the borders, in the west the province of Batman . The highest point in the province is Herekol Dağı at 2838 m.

Administrative division

The province consists of seven counties:

district Area 1
(km²) 		Population (2018) 2 Number of Units Density
(Ew / km²) 		urban
share (in%) 		Sex
ratio 3 		Founding
date 4.5
District ( İlçe ) Administrative headquarters
(Merkez) 		Municipalities
(Belediye) 		City
quarter
(Mahalle) 		Villages
(Köy)
Baykan 488 26,160 5,969 3 9 30th 53.6 61.19 960 1938
Eruh 1,061 20,513 10,514 1 3 54 19.3 51.26 807
Courtyard 811 59,647 34,389 2 16 55 73.5 66.15 970
Merkez 633 166,332 153,647 2 23 35 262.8 93.56 940
Pervari 1,651 32,128 7.003 2 4th 38 19.5 29.04 934
Şirvan 936 22,580 4,524 1 5 57 24.1 20.04 953
Tillo 138 4,310 2,301 1 3 6th 31.2 53.39 863 1990
PROVINCE Siirt 5,718 331,670 12 63 275 58.0 71.69 937

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1 Area 2014
2 Population update on December 31, 2018
3 Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)
4 PDF file of the Ministry of the Interior
5 districts that were only formed after Turkey was founded (1923).

population

Arabs, Kurds and Turks live in the province of Siirt.

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 sex ratio are ( Sex Ratio listed ie number of women per 1,000 men). The 2011 census determined 309,599 inhabitants, over 45,000 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 331,670 171.189 160,481 2.24 937 58
2017 324.394 166.402 157.992 0.54 949 58
2016 322,664 166,463 156.201 0.72 938 58
2015 320.351 165.034 155.317 0.62 941 58
2014 318,366 164,098 154.268 1.34 940 58
2013 314.153 161,802 152.351 1.05 942 58
2012 310,879 160,813 150.066 0.13 933 58
2011 310,468 161,252 149.216 3.25 925 58
2010 300,695 153.028 147,667 −0.96 965 59
2009 303,622 157,578 146.044 1.27 927 59
2008 299,819 155,747 144.072 2.84 925 59
2007 291,528 150,628 140,900 - 935 59
2000 263,676 137,687 125,989 915 64

Census results

The following tables show the population of the province of Siirt documented in the 14 censuses .
The values ​​in the table on the left are taken from e-books (from the original documents), the values ​​in the table on the right come from the data query of the Turkish statistical institute TÜIK - available on this website:

year population rank
province Turkey
1927 102,433 13,648,270 57
1935 127,518 16.158.018 54
1940 146,522 17,820,950 53
1945 133,627 18,790,174 55
1950 156,703 20,947,188 54
1955 198.434 24,064,763 54
1960 232.243 27,754,820 54
year population rank
province Turkey
1965 264,832 31,391,421 51
1970 320.684 35.605.176 44
1975 381.503 40,347,719 43
1980 445.483 44,736,957 41
1985 524,741 50,664,458 38
1990 243,435 56.473.035 66
2000 263,676 67,803,927 64

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

history

Siirt's history goes back a long way. Siirt belonged to the Assyrians , the Babylonians and then the Medes and the Persians . The Romans , the Parthians and the Sassanids also ruled here. In 1514 it fell to the Ottomans . In 1919 Siirt became a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire and in 1923 a province of Turkey.

Attractions

Delikli Taş (Arabic: Ras al-Hajar), is one of the highest points in Siirt. The place is located directly on the Tigris and is two kilometers away from the city center.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri , accessed on July 18, 2019
  2. ↑ Governor's portrait on the Siirt Province website
  3. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF file 0.25 MB)
  4. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on July 18, 2019
  5. ↑ [1] TARİH (1) .pdf 1.4 MB
  6. ↑ Genel Nüfus Sayımları (census results 1965 to 2000)