title: Ergani
text: Ergani (, ), formerly known as Arghni or Arghana, is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,510 km2, and its population is 136,099 (2022). 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. Ahmet Karaaslan was appointed as the District Governor.
  
  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.
  
  History
  Trade has flourished between Ergani and Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC. Ergani has a rich history of being a mining region.
  
  Education 
  There exist 107 elementary schools, two Anatolian High Schools and one Anatolian Teacher High School. There exists also a Dicle University Vocational School in Ergani.
  
  Composition
  There are 102 neighbourhoods in Ergani District:
  
   Adnan Menderes
   Ahmetli
   Akçakale
   Akçoban
   Alitaşı
   Armutova
   Aşağıbitikçi
   Aşağıkuyulu
   Azıklı
   Aziziye
   Bademli
   Bagür
   Bahçekaşı
   Bereketli
   Boğazköy
   Boncuklu
   Bozyer
   Caferan
   Çakartaş
   Çakırfakır
   Canveren
   Çayırdere
   Çayköy
   Çimlihöyük
   Cömert
   Coşkun
   Çukurdere
   Dağarası
   Dallıdağ
   Değirmendere
   Demirli
   Dereboyu
   Deringöze
   Develi
   Devletkuşu
   Dibektaş
   Doğanköy
   Fatih
   Fevzi Çakmak
   Giraylar
   Gökiçi
   Gözekaya
   Gözlü
   Gülerce
   Güneştepe
   Güzelyurt
   Hançerli
   Hendekköy
   Hilar
   İncehıdır
   İstasyon
   Karaburçak
   Karpuzlu
   Karşıbağlar
   Kavaklı
   Kavurmaküpü
   Kayan
   Kemaliye
   Kemertaş
   Kesentaş
   Kıralan
   Kocaali
   Kömürtaş
   Kortaş
   Koyunalan
   Kumçi
   Morkoyun
   Namıkkemal
   Olgun
   Ortaağaç
   Ortayazı
   Otluca
   Özbilek
   Pınarkaya
   Sabırlı
   Salihli
   Sallar
   Sallıca
   Sanayi
   Saray
   Savaş
   Selmanköy
   Şirinevler
   Sökündüzü
   Şölen
   Tevekli
   Üçkardeş
   Usluca
   Üzümlü
   Yakacık
   Yamaçlar
   Yapraklı
   Yayvantepe
   Yeniköy
   Yeşilköy
   Yolbulan
   Yolköprü
   Yoncalı
   Yukarıbitikçi
   Yukarıkarpuzlu
   Yukarıkuyulu
   Ziyaret
  
  Climate
  Ergani has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).
  
  References
  
  External links
  Official City Website 
  
   
  Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province
  Populated places in Diyarbakır Province
  Districts of Diyarbakır Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey