Ergani

Ergani (Ottoman Turkish: عثمانيه, romanized: Osmaniye,[3] Kurdish: Erxenî[4]), formerly known as Arghni or Arghana, is a district of Diyarbakır Province of Turkey. The district's area is 1489 km. Ergani District is located in the administrative as the Southeastern Anatolia Region, but as a geographical region it is located in Eastern Anatolia. The mayor is Ahmet Kaya (HDP) since 2019.[5] Hüseyin Sayın was appointed as the District Governor.[6]

Ergani
Ergani is located in Turkey
Ergani
Ergani
Coordinates: 38°16′09″N 39°45′42″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceDiyarbakır
Government
 • MayorAhmet Kaya (HDP)
 • KaymakamHüseyin Sayın
Area
[1]
 • District1,467.65 km2 (566.66 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[2]
 • Urban
69,868
 • District
119,167
 • District density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Post code
21950
Websitewww.ergani.bel.tr

Çayönü

Near the village of Sesverenpınar, among the Hilar rocks Çayönü hill was first settled in c. 7500 BC, and was continuously inhabited until 5000 BC (but only occasionally since then). Remains have been found from the earlier habitation, one of the most important archaeological finds of its era.[7]

History

Trade has flourished between Ergani and Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC. Ergani has a rich history of being a mining region.[8]

Education

There exist 107 elementary schools, two Anatolian High Schools and one Anatolian Teacher High School. There exists also a Dicle University Vocational School in Ergani.[9]

Climate

Ergani has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).

Climate data for Ergani
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 5.2
(41.4)		 6.7
(44.1)		 12.3
(54.1)		 18.7
(65.7)		 25.1
(77.2)		 31.4
(88.5)		 36.6
(97.9)		 36.3
(97.3)		 31.9
(89.4)		 23.5
(74.3)		 14.7
(58.5)		 8.1
(46.6)		 20.9
(69.6)
Average low °C (°F) 0.5
(32.9)		 1.5
(34.7)		 3.0
(37.4)		 7.6
(45.7)		 12.4
(54.3)		 17.7
(63.9)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.3
(72.1)		 17.6
(63.7)		 11.3
(52.3)		 5.3
(41.5)		 0.9
(33.6)		 10.2
(50.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 103
(4.1)		 97
(3.8)		 104
(4.1)		 89
(3.5)		 52
(2.0)		 10
(0.4)		 2
(0.1)		 2
(0.1)		 4
(0.2)		 49
(1.9)		 77
(3.0)		 117
(4.6)		 706
(27.8)
Source: Climate-data.org

References
  1. "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
  2. "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  3. Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 393.
  4. Avcýkýran, Dr. Adem (ed.). "Kürtçe Anamnez, Anamneza bi Kurmancî" (PDF). Tirsik. p. 55. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. "Diyarbakır Ergani Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Diyarbakır Ergani Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  6. "T.C. Ergani Kaymakamlığı". www.ergani.gov.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  7. "Cayönü Tepesi". www.tf.uni-kiel.de. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  8. Çiftçi, Ali (2017). The Socio-Economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom. Brill. p. 122. ISBN 9789004347588.
  9. "Ergani Vocational High School Dicle University". www.dicle.edu.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
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