Silopi
Sign in to saveSilopi () is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 108,880 in 2023. It is considered to be part of Turkish Kurdistan.
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Silopi is a city and town located in Şırnak Province, Turkey. It has a total population of 134,754, comprising an urban population of 103,831 and a rural population of 40,580. The area covers 730 square units and sits at an elevation of 492 meters.
The settlement operates within the UTC+03:00 time zone. Its postal code is 73400. Current weather observations indicate a temperature of 16.22, humidity of 59, pressure of 1015, and wind speed of 1.87.
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Place details
- Locality
- Silopi
- Region
- Şırnak
- Country
- Türkiye
- Population
- 114,645
- Timezone
- Europe/Istanbul
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- municipality
- Turkey place.name
- Silopi
- Turkey place.province
- Şırnak
- Turkey place.district
- Silopi
- Turkey place.leader_party
- Independent
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Jiyan Ormanlı
- Turkey place.population_total
- 108880
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2023
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Silopi
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Şırnak Province
- Population
- 134754
- Area
- 730
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Image
- Habur Anadolu Lisesi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Silopi
- postal code
- 73400
- urban population
- 103831
- rural population
- 37790
- native label
- Silopi
- P12749
- Punjab
- name in kana
- シロピ
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Neighborhoods
- Climate
- Economy
- Governance
- Population
- See also
- References
- External links
Silopi () is a city and seat of Silopi District in the Şırnak Province of Turkey. The city is mainly populated by Kurds of Sipêrtî and Zewkan tribes and had a population of 108,880 in 2023. It is considered to be part of Turkish Kurdistan.
Large sections of the city were destroyed in 2016 during clashes between the Turkish army and Kurdish youths, some of whom were allegedly affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The predominantly Kurdish character of Silopi reflects its location in the broader Kurdish-majority region of Şırnak Province. Sociolinguistic research on language demographics in Turkey has identified Silopi's area as among the regions with the highest concentrations of Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish) speakers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silopi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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