Dargeçit
District and municipality
Map showing Dargeçit District in Mardin Province
Map showing Dargeçit District in Mardin Province
Dargeçit is located in Turkey
Dargeçit
Dargeçit
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 37°32′38″N 41°43′12″E / 37.544°N 41.720°E / 37.544; 41.720
CountryTurkey
ProvinceMardin
Area
519 km2 (200 sq mi)
Elevation
940 m (3,080 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
27,147
 • Density52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Area code0482

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]

History

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]

Composition

There are 41 neighbourhoods in Dargeçit District:[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî. p. 55.
  3. ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ↑ Tan, Altan (2011). Turabidin'den Berriye'ye & Aşiretler (in Turkish). Nûbihar. p. 110.
  6. ↑ Jongerden, Joost; Verheij, Jelle (2012-08-03). Social Relations in Ottoman Diyarbekir, 1870-1915. BRILL. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-90-04-22518-3.
  7. ↑ https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/276501
  8. ↑ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 62. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Dargeçit Tarihçe" (in Turkish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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