Dargeçit | |
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District and
municipality | |
Coordinates: 37°32′38″N 41°43′12″E / 37.544°N 41.720°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Mardin |
Area | 519 km2 (200 sq mi) |
Elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
Population (2022)
[1] | 27,147 |
• Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Area code | 0482 |
Dargeçit ( Kurdish: Kerboran [2]), ( Syriac: ܟܦܪ ܒܘܪܢ, romanized: Kfar Buran) is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. [3] Its area is 519 km2, [4] and its population is 27,147 (2022). [1] The town is principally populated by Kurds of the Erebiyan tribe. [5]
In the nineteenth century, all the urban settlements in this zone, including Midyat and Kerboran, as well as Mardin and a lot of villages around them and in the Tur Abdin area were populated by Assyrian-Syriac Christians. [6] [7]
The district Dargeçit was established in 1987. [8] Since the 2013 administrative reform, Dargeçit is a metropolitan district and municipality. Prior to the reform, the district comprised the main town of Dargeçit (four neighbourhoods: Bahçebaşı, Safa, Saray and Tepebaşı), two towns ( Kılavuz and Sümer), thirty-six villages and twenty-six hamlets. [9]
There are 41 neighbourhoods in Dargeçit District: [10]