Diyarbakır Province

Diyarbakır Province () 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

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.

Destricts
Diyarbakır province is dividit intae 14 destricts (caipital destrict in bauld):
Bismil
Çermik
Çınar
Çüngüş
Dicle
Diyarbakır
Eğil
Ergani
Hani
Hazro
Kocaköy
Kulp
Lice
Silvan

References

 Freemit airtins 
  Picturs o the caipital o this province
  Diyarbakir Weather Forecast Information 
  Historical Armenian presence in Diyarbakir Province
 Tourism information is available in English at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project site. 
  Diyarbakir Live News 

Category:Kurdish inhabitit regions
Category:Tur Abdin