Diyarbakır

city in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey
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Summary

Diyarbakır is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Diyarbakır draws 7,831 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #3 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Diyarbakır Province[3]
  • Country: Turkey[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5], city[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Ramallah[7]
  • Postal code: 21000[8]
  • Commons category: Diyarbakır[9]
  • Licence plate code: 21[10]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[11]
  • Significant event: Siege of Amida[12]
  • Official website: http://www.diyarbakir.bel.tr/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Diyarbakır[14]
  • Population: 1,732,396[15]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[16], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21]
  • Replaces: Amida[22]
  • Capital of: Marwanids[23], Principality of Eğil[24], Diyarbekir eyalet[25], Kurdistan eyalet[26], Diyarbakır Province[27], Turkish Kurdistan[28]
  • Official name: Diyarbakır[29]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Diyarbakır[30]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Diyarbakır[31]
  • Native label: Diyarbakır[32], Amed[33]
  • Category for people buried here: Q65749724[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Diyarbakır[35]
  • Different from: Amed[36]
  • Elevation above sea level: 675 m[37]
  • Urban population: 381,144[38], 545,983[39], 592,557[40], 102,653[41], 149,566[42], 169,535[43], 235,617[44], 305,940[45]
  • Rural population: 87,686[46], 175,480[47], 233,857[48], 61,038[49], 67,397[50], 75,151[51], 87,831[52], 103,187[53]

Why It Matters

Diyarbakır has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Diyarbakır is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [7] ↑ . ramallah.ps. ramallah.ps. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . diyarbakir.bel.tr. Retrieved . diyarbakir.bel.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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