Uludere
| Uludere | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Şırnak | |||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 25 ' N , 42 ° 54' E | |||
| Residents : | 11,363 (2017) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 486 | |||
| Postal code : | 73 600 | |||
| License plate : | 73 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2019) | ||||
| Structure : | 7 Mahalle | |||
| Mayor : | Sait Ürek ( AKP ) | |||
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| Uludere county | ||||
| Residents : | 46,040 (2017) | |||
| Surface: | 841 km² | |||
| Population density : | 55 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | İbrahim Halil Şivgan | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
Uludere ( Kurdish : Qilaban or Keleban ) is a Turkish city and a district of the same name in the province of Şırnak in southeastern Anatolia . The city is home to just under a quarter of the district's population.
The district is located in the southeast of the province and borders Iraq . Uludere has been a district since June 27, 1957 and was part of the Siirt Province until May 15, 1990 . In addition to the district town ( Merkez ), there are three other municipalities ( Belediye ) in the district: Şenoba (7,157), Uzungeçit (3,210) and Hilal (3,696 inhabitants). Of the 13 villages ( Köy , plural Köyler ) eight have more than 1,000 inhabitants; Andaç (3,964), Gülyazi (3,839), Yemİşlİ (3,121) and Ortabağ (2,033 inh .) Most of them. Each village has an average of 1,586 inhabitants. Bulakbaşı (1,323 pop .) Has been a Mahalle in the district town of Uludere since 2018 .
Qilaban is the original name of the place. Uludere means something like mighty brook .
Air strike
Uludere received international attention because of the so-called Uludere incident , an air strike by the Turkish armed forces in which 34 Kurdish civilians were killed in the area of the village of Ortasu (also Roboski ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Türkiye Nüfusu İl ve İlçelere Göre Nüfus Bilgileri (Nufusune.com) , accessed on April 23, 2019
- ↑ Tahir Sezen: Osmanlı Yer Adları . Ankara 2006, p. 500. Series of publications by the State Archives of the Prime Minister's Office
