title: Dicle
text: 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 Kurds.
  
  The Mayor is Felat Aygören from the HDP.
  
  Dicle is the Kurdish 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 Kurdish 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.
  
  Composition
  There are 48 neighbourhoods in Dicle District:
  
   15 Temmuz
   Acar
   Altayköy
   Arıköy
   Bademli
   Bağlarbaşı
   Bahçedere
   Bahçeköy
   Baltacı
   Başköy
   Baturköy
   Biçer
   Boğaz
   Boğazköy
   Bozaba
   Çavlı
   Çelebi
   Dedeköy
   Değirmenli
   Döğer
   Durabeyli
   Gelincik
   Gölbaşı
   Gündoğdu
   Kaygısız
   Kayıköy
   Kelekçi
   Kırklar
   Kırkpınar
   Kocaalan
   Koruköy
   Kurşunlu
   Kurudere
   Meydanköy
   Pekmezciler
   Pınar
   Sergenli
   Süsümlü
   Taşağıl
   Tepe
   Tepebaşı
   Uğrak
   Ulubaş
   Uluçeşme
   Üzümlü
   Yeşilsırt
   Yeşiltepe
   Yokuşlu
  
  References
  
   
  Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province
  Populated places in Diyarbakır Province
  Districts of Diyarbakır Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey