Dicle

Dicle
District and municipality
Map showing Dicle District in Diyarbakır Province
Map credit Dicle Location within Turkey
Coordinates: 38°22′30″N 40°04′24″E / 38.37500°N 40.07333°E / 38.37500; 40.07333
Country	Turkey
Province	Diyarbakır
Government
• Mayor	Felat Aygören (HDP)
Area	738 km2 (285 sq mi)
Population  (2022)	36,114
• Density	48.9/km2 (127/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	21830
Area code	0412

Dicle (Kurdish: Pîran Ottoman Turkish: پيران) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 738 km², and its population is 36,114 (2022). It is populated by Kurds. The mayor is Felat Aygören from the HDP.

Dicle is the Kurdish and Turkish name of the Tigris river, which runs through the district and gave its name to it. The name derives from tighri- (arrow) from Avestan and cognate with "tîj, tîr" (sharp, arrow) in Kurdish and tigra- (sharp, pointed) in Old Persian. Some claim that it derives from Akkadian Idiqlat through the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.

Composition

There are 48 neighbourhoods in Dicle District: