Ergani

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Template:Infobox Turkey place Ergani (Template:Langx,[1] Template:Langx),[2] formerly known as Arghni or Arghana, is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 1,510 km2,[4] and its population is 136,099 (2022).[5] 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.[6] Ahmet Karaaslan was appointed as the District Governor.[7]

History

Trade has flourished between Ergani and Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC. Ergani has a rich history of being a copper mining region.[8] Copper supplied the entire region from Anatolia, Northern Levant to Upper Mesopotamia, but most importantly down the Euphrates river to Lower Mesopotamia.

Nearby sites important for the copper industry was Arslandtepe to the west and Norsun Tepe to the east. This region eventually produced arsenical copper, where the copper was added with arsenic. Arsenic is highly poisonous and was later replaced by tin.

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.[9]

Education

There is 107 elementary schools, and 3 Anatolian high schools in Ergani. There is also a Dicle University Vocational School in Ergani.[10]

Composition

There are 102 neighbourhoods in Ergani District:[11]

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Climate

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

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References

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  3. ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Diyarbakır Ergani Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart Diyarbakır Ergani Yerel Seçim Sonuçları". secim.haberler.com (in Türkçe). Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kaymakamımız Sayın Ahmet Karaaslan". Ergani Kaymakamlığı. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Çiftçi, Ali (2017). The Socio-Economic Organisation of the Urartian Kingdom. Brill. p. 122. ISBN 9789004347588.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cayönü Tepesi". www.tf.uni-kiel.de. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ergani Vocational High School Dicle University". www.dicle.edu.tr. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  11. ^ Mahalle Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Ergani". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 15, 2024.

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