Sason District is a district of the Batman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town Sason.İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Its area is 706 km2, and its population is 30,182 (2021). It was formerly part of the sanjak of Siirt, which was in Diyarbakır vilayet until 1880 and in Bitlis Vilayet in 1892. Later it became part of Muş sanjak in Bitlis vilayet, and remained part of Muş until 1927. It was one of the districts of Siirt province until 1993. The boundaries of the district varied considerably in time. The current borders are not the same as in the 19th century, when the district of Sasun was situated more to the north (mostly territory now included in the central district of Muş).Thierry, J.M., Sasun. Voyages archéologiques, Revue des études arméniennes 23, 1992, p.320; Verheij, Jelle. ’Les frères de terre et d'eau’ : sur le rôle des Kurdes dans les massacres arméniens de 1894-1896", in: Bruinessen, M. van & Blau, Joyce (eds), Islam des Kurdes (special issue of Les Annales de l'Autre islam 5, Paris, 1998) p.239
Composition There are two municipalities in Sason District:Belde Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Sason Yücebağ
There are 54 villages in Sason District:Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
Acar Altındere Balbaşı Bayramlar Boğazkapı Cevizli Çağlı Çakırpınar Çalışırlar Çayırlı Çınarlı Dağçatı Dereiçi Dereköy Derince Dikbayır Dörtbölük Ekinlik Ergünü Erikli Geçitli gnçler Gürgenli Güvercinlik Heybeli İncesu Kaleyolu Karameşe Karayün Kaşyayla Kavaklı Kayadüzü Kelhasan Kilimli Kilis Kınalı Köprübaşı Kulaksız Meşeli Örenağıl Sarıyayla Soğanlı Taşyuva Topluca Turnalı Umurlu Yakabağ Yeniköy Yiğitler Yolüstü Yuvalar Yürekli Yuvalıçay Ziyaret
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