YeniÅŸehir () 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 358 km
2, and its population is 219,759 (2022).
It covers the southwestern part of the city of
Diyarbakır
Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province.
Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...
and the adjacent countryside. The district Yenişehir was created in 2008 from part of the central district (''Merkez'') of Diyarbakır.
Composition
There are 42
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 YeniÅŸehir District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
* Al
* Alangör
* Alpu
* Aziziye
* Bahçelievler
* BaÅŸil
* Bozek
* Çakmak
* Çelikevler
* Çimenler
* Cumhuriyet
* Dicle
* Dikentepe
* Dökmetaş
* Dokuzçeltik
* Dönümlü
* Ekinciler
* Elidolu
* Eser
* Fabrika
* Feritköşkü
* Geyiktepe
* Gürdoğan
* Güvendere
* Güvercinlik
* Güzelköy
* Hantepe
* Ä°lbaÅŸ
* Kesikağaç
* Kooperatifler
* Sanayi
* Sancar
* Sarıyatak
* Åžehitlik
* Sivritepe
* Tanışık
* Üçkuyu
* YaytaÅŸ
* YeniÅŸehir
* Yolaltı
* Yukarınasırlar
* Yüksek
References
Districts of Diyarbakır Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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