Diyarbakır
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Diyarbakır is a major historic city in southeastern Turkey, renowned for its extensive black basalt city walls and rich Kurdish and Mesopotamian heritage.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diyarbakır canonical | 35 |
| Diyarbakır Province | 5 |
| Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality | 3 |
| Amid (historical name of Diyarbakır) | 1 |
| Diyarbakır (city center) | 1 |
| Diyarbakır Vilayet | 1 |
| Diyarbakır city | 1 |
| Diyarbakır city center | 1 |
| medieval city of Diyarbakır | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city
ⓘ
metropolitan municipality ⓘ |
| adminCenterOf |
Diyarbakır
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Diyarbakır Province
|
| ancientName |
Amed
ⓘ
Amida ⓘ Diyâr-ı Bekr ⓘ |
| cityWallsFeature | numerous towers and bastions ⓘ |
| cityWallsLength | approximately 5.5 km ⓘ |
| climate |
hot-summer Mediterranean climate
ⓘ
semi-arid characteristics ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 37.9144 N ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | 40.2306 E ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| economySector |
agriculture
ⓘ
services ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Kurds ⓘ |
| governedAs | metropolitan municipality ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
Armenian heritage
ⓘ
Assyrian heritage ⓘ Kurdish heritage ⓘ Mesopotamian heritage ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Dicle Bridge
ⓘ
Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ
surface form:
Diyarbakır Fortress
Diyarbakır city walls ⓘ Great Mosque of Diyarbakır ⓘ Hevsel Gardens ⓘ Sur district ⓘ Ten-Eyed Bridge ⓘ |
| hasUniversity | Dicle University ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodSignificance |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine era
Islamic Caliphates ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic caliphates
Ottoman Empire ⓘ Roman era ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
black basalt city walls
ⓘ
cultural significance for Kurds ⓘ historic old city ⓘ |
| languageMajority | Kurdish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ |
| locatedOn | banks of the Tigris River ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Turkish ⓘ |
| population | over 1,000,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| regionRole | major city of southeastern Turkey ⓘ |
| religiousMajority | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| timeZone | TRT ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens Cultural Landscape ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
| wallMaterial | black basalt stone ⓘ |
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Vilayet
subject surface form:
Eastern Turkey
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Province
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Province
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Province
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Province
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır (city center)
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır city center
this entity surface form:
medieval city of Diyarbakır
this entity surface form:
Amid (historical name of Diyarbakır)
this entity surface form:
Diyarbakır city