Ardıçlı () is a village in the

Gercüş District Gercüş District is a district of Batman Province in Turkey. The town of Gercüş is the seat and the district had a population of 19,304 in 2021.

Batman Province Batman Province (, ; ) is a province in Turkey. It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of Siirt and some from the southern Province of Mardin. Its area is 4,477 km2, and its population i ...

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. The village is populated by

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of the Habezbenî tribe and had a population of 209 in 2021 and its population density is 53 inhabitants per km².

History

Its first recorded mention was in 1920, where it used to be called ''Acîb'', afterwards its name would be changed again as ''Aciya'' in 1977. It isn't known when the village changed its name to the modern-day Ardıçlı.

Geography

The village is 81 km away from Batman city center and 21 km away from the Gercüş district center.

Population

Historical population

Education

Ardıçlı has a primary school.

References

Villages in Gercüş District Kurdish settlements in Batman Province {{Batman-geo-stub