Dicle | |
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District and
municipality | |
Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Diyarbakır |
Government | |
• Mayor | Felat Aygören ( HDP) |
Area | 738 km2 (285 sq mi) |
Population (2022)
[1] | 36,114 |
• Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( TRT) |
Postal code | 21830 |
Area code | 0412 |
Dicle ( Kurdish: Pîran, [2] Ottoman Turkish: پيران [3]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. [4] Its area is 738 km2, [5] and its population is 36,114 (2022). [1] It is populated by Kurds. [2]
The Mayor is Felat Aygören from the HDP. [6]
Dicle is the Kurdish and Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives from tighri- (arrow) from Avestan [7] and cognate with "tîj, tîr" (sharp, arrow) in Kurdish [8] [9] and tigra- (sharp, pointed) in Old Persian. Some claim that it derives from through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.
There are 48 neighbourhoods in Dicle District: [10]