Hazro, Diyarbakır

Hazro (Ottoman Turkish: ترجيل, romanized: Tercil,^[2] Kurdish: Hezro^[3]) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.^[4] Its area is 426 km²,^[5] and its population is 16,093 (2022).^[1]

Hazro
District and municipality
Map showing Hazro District in Diyarbakır Province
Hazro Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°15′22″N 40°46′59″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Diyarbakır
Area	426 km2 (164 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	16,093
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	21560
Area code	0412
Website	www.hazro.bel.tr

It is populated by Kurds.^[3]

In the local elections in March 2019 Ahmet Çevik from the Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected Mayor.^[6] He was dismissed in November 2019 and the District Governor Ali Öner was appointed as trustee.^[7]

Composition

There are 31 neighbourhoods in Hazro District:^[8]

• Ağartı
• Bağyurdu
• Bahçe
• Bayırdüzü
• Cami
• Çitlibahçe
• Çökeksu
• Dadaş
• Elhuvan
• Gedikalan
• Gözlü
• Hürriyet
• İncekavak
• İşkar
• Kavaklıboğaz
• Kırkkaşık
• Kırmataş
• Koçbaba
• Kulaçtepe
• Meşebağları
• Mutluca
• Ormankaya
• Reşik
• Sarıçanak
• Sarıerik
• Terdöken
• Topalan
• Ülgen
• Uzunargıt
• Varınca
• Yazgı