| Type: | metro district |
| Dargeçit | |
| Province: | Mardin |
| Area Total Km2: | 519 |
| Elevation M: | 940 |
| Population Total: | 27147 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Area Code: | 0482 |
Dargeçit (Kurdish: Kerboran[1]), (Syriac: ܟܦܪ ܒܘܪܢ‎|Kfar Buran) is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 519 km2,[3] and its population is 27,147 (2022).[4] The town is principally populated by Kurds of the Erebiyan tribe.[5]
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]
There are 41 neighbourhoods in Dargeçit District:[10]