Hazro, Diyarbakır Explained

Type:	metro district
Hazro
Coordinates:	38.2561°N 40.7831°W
Province:	Diyarbakır
Area Total Km2:	426
Population Total:	16093
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	21560
Area Code:	0412

Hazro (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: ترجيل|translit=Tercil,^[1] Kurdish: Hezro^[2]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.^[3] Its area is 426 km²,^[4] and its population is 16,093 (2022).^[5]

It is populated by Kurds.

In the local elections in March 2019 Ahmet Çevik from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected Mayor.^[6] He was dismissed in November 2019 and the District Governor Ali Öner was appointed as trustee.^[7]

Composition

There are 31 neighbourhoods in Hazro District:^[8]

• Ağartı
• Bağyurdu
• Bahçe
• Bayırdüzü
• Cami
• Çitlibahçe
• Çökeksu
• Dadaş
• Elhuvan
• Gedikalan
• Gözlü
• Hürriyet
• İncekavak
• İşkar
• Kavaklıboğaz
• Kırkkaşık
• Kırmataş
• Koçbaba
• Kulaçtepe
• Meşebağları
• Mutluca
• Ormankaya
• Reşik
• Sarıçanak
• Sarıerik
• Terdöken
• Topalan
• Ülgen
• Uzunargıt
• Varınca
• Yazgı

Notes and References

1. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 487.
2. Web site: Nameyê mehla, dew û mezrayanê Hezroyî . 28 September 2023 . ku.
3. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
4. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 July 2023.
5. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
6. Web site: Diyarbakır Hazro Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri. www.sabah.com.tr. 2019-11-10.
7. Web site: Four HDP Mayors Replaced with Trustees. Bianet. 13 November 2019.
8. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle