Dicle

      Dicle
      Dicle is located in Turkey
      Dicle
      Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E / 38.37500; 40.07333Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E / 38.37500; 40.07333
      Country Turkey
      Province Diyarbakır
      Government
       • Mayor Mustafa Uyguner (BDP)
       • Kaymakam Sezer Işıktaş
      Area[1]
       • District 704.98 km2 (272.19 sq mi)
      Population (2012)[2]
       • Urban 9,023
       • District 40,356
       • District Density Bad rounding here57/km2 (Bad rounding here150/sq mi)
      Post code 21830

      Dicle (Ottoman Turkish: پيران,[3]Kurdish: Pîran, Zazaki: Piran) is a town and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Population is 8436 (as of 2010).

      Dicle is also the Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.

      References

      1. ^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05. 
      2. ^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27. 
      3. ^ Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 407.
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      Last modified on 13 June 2013, at 02:25