Uludere District is a district of the

Şırnak Province Şırnak Province ( tr, Şırnak ili, ku, Parêzgeha Şirnexê) is a province of Turkey in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak Province was created in 1990, with areas that were formerly part of the Siirt and Mardin Provinces. It borders b ...

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. In 2021, the district had a population of 44,924. The seat of the district is the town of Uludere. Its area is 841 km². The district was formed in 1957.

Population

Around 90% of the district is populated by

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from the Goyan tribe. The Kaşuran tribe also reside in the district.

Settlements

Uludere District contains three beldes, sixteen villages of which two are unpopulated and moreover seven

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Municipalities

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() # Şenoba () # Uludere # Uzungeçit ()

Villages

# Akduman () # Andaç () # Bağlı () # Bağlıca () # Ballı () # Dağdibi () # Doğan () # Gülyazı () # Işıkveren () # İnceler () # Onbudak ( (), ) # Ortabağ () #

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() # Ortasu () # Taşdelen () # Yemişli ()

Geography

Uludere's neighbors are: the district of Çukurca in the province of Hakkâri to the east; the districts of

Şırnak Şırnak ( ku, شرنەخ, Şirnex) is a town in southeastern Turkey. It is the capital of Şırnak Province, a new province that split from the Mardin and Siirt provinces. The Habur border gate with Iraq which is one of Turkey's main links to Arab ...

and

Silopi Silopi ( ku, Silopî) is a city and district of Şırnak Province in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, close to the borders of Iraq and Syria. The majority of its people are of ethnic Kurds. The district, composed of Silopi center, three to ...

to the west; the district of Beytüşşebap to the north; and the country of

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to the south."Uludere'de Coğrafi Yapı"
Geography of Uludere" an Uludere governmental webpage The topography of Uludere consists mostly of rugged mountainous terrain. The Haftanîn and Kêla Meme (Kel Mehmet) mountains are the highest mountains in Uludere. In addition, Suwar, Serhe, Haftanîn, Meydan, Elcan and Şirîş are important plateaus. The altitude varies between 800 meters and 3200 meters throughout the district. The lowest altitude is in the Şenoba town and the highest altitude is in the Kel Mehmet (Kêla Meme) mountain.

References

Districts of Şırnak Province States and territories established in 1957 Uludere District {{Şırnak-geo-stub