Çüngüş (, ,
[) is a municipality and ]district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of Diyarbakır Province
Diyarbakır Province (; ; ) is a province and metropolitan municipality in southeastern Turkey. Its area is 15,101 km2, and its population is 1,804,880 (2022). The provincial capital is the city of Diyarbakır. The Kurdish majority province ...
, Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 512 km2, and its population is 10,720 (2022).bishopric
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
an Armenian Church was constructed in 1841. It was a large and flourishing Armenian town.Armenian genocide
The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...
in which around 10,000 Armenians living in the area were taken to the Dudan crevasse and murdered by being thrown into the chasm. The massacre was remembered and recorded by the local Kurdish population, and a memorial to victims of the killings was recorded in the film 100 Years Later (2016).
Composition
There are 40 neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Çüngüş District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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AkbaÅŸak
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AktaÅŸ
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Albayrak
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Arpadere
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Atalar
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Avut
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Aydınlı
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Balcılar
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* Camiisuk
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Çataldut
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Çaybaşı
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DeÄŸirmensuyu
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Deveboynu
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Elmadere
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Elyos
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Gökçepelit
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Güneydere
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Handere
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Hindibaba
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Hoya
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Ä°bikkaya
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Karakaya
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Kaynakköy
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KeleÅŸevleri
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Koçören
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NorÅŸin
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Ormançayı
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Oyuklu
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Polatuşağı
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SaÄŸtepe
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Seferuşağı
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Türkmen
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Üçpınar
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Yaygınkonak
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YazyaÄŸmuru
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Yenice
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Yeniköy
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Yukarışeyhler
References
Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province
Populated places in Diyarbakır Province
Populated places on the Euphrates River
Districts of Diyarbakır Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Former Armenian communities in Diyarbakır Province
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