Dicle

Dicle (, ) 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 Zazas. The mayor is Felat Aygören from the HDP.

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Turkey place.type: metro district
Turkey place.name: Dicle
Turkey place.image_skyline: Nokia X2-000902.jpg
Turkey place.image_map: Diyarbakır location Dicle.png
Turkey place.map_caption: Map showing Dicle District in Diyarbakır Province
Turkey place.province: Diyarbakır
Turkey place.leader_party: HDP
Turkey place.leader_name: Felat Aygören
Turkey place.area_total_km2: 738
Turkey place.population_total: 36114
Turkey place.population_as_of: 2022
Turkey place.postal_code: 21830
Turkey place.area_code: 0412

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Population: 38220
Image: Nokia X2-000902.jpg

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postal code: 21830
Commons category: Dicle (Diyarbakır)
urban population: 36711
rural population: 30985

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Dicle is the Zaza Language 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 Zaza Language and tigra- (sharp, pointed) in Old Persian. Some claim that it derives from through Akkadian Idiqlat from the original Sumerian name for the river, Idigna.