Diyarbakır Province (Turkis: Diyarbakır ili) is a province in eastren Turkey.
The province covers an aurie o 15,355 km² an the population is 1,528,958. The provincial caipital is Diyarbakir
Diyarbakır Province Diyarbakır ili | |
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Location of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey | |
Kintra | Turkey |
Region | Sootheastren Anatolie |
Govrenment | |
• Electoral destrict | Diyarbakır |
Area | |
• Tot | 15,355 km2 (5,929 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Tot | 1,673,119 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Area code(s) | 0090412 |
Vehicle registration | 21 |
It haes been hame tae mony ceevilisations an the surroondin aurie includin itsel is hame tae mony Mesolithic era stane carvins an airtifacts. The province haes been ruled bi Hittites, Assirie, Armenians, Persie, Macedonie an Seleucid Greeks, Roum, Parthie, Byzantium, Sassanid Persie, Arabs, Seljuk Empire, Mongol Empire, Safavid dynasty, Ottoman Empire an feenally the Republic o Turkey.
Diyarbakir wis an early stranghauld o Syriac Christianity, an an aw o Armenian Christians. Afore Warld War I, Christian ethnic groups made up 30% o the population. Syne Warld War I, due tae the massacres o the Christian population an mass imigration, anerlie a few thoosan Christians still live in the province, some in the ceety o Diyarbakir, an ithers in Assirie an Armenie veelages.
The Kurds are the predominant population. Ither groups include Turks, Assiries, Armenians, Arabs an Yazidis.
Diyarbakır province is dividit intae 14 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):
40°16′16″E / 38.14222°N 40.27111°E
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