Ergani (,Tahir Sezen, Osmanlı Yer Adları (Alfabetik Sırayla), T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Yayın Nu 21, Ankara, p. 393. ), formerly known as Arghni or Arghana, is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 1,510 km2, and its population is 136,099 (2022). Ergani District is located in the administrative as the Southeastern Anatolia Region, but as a geographical region it is located in Eastern Anatolia. The mayor is Ahmet Kaya (HDP) since 2019. Ahmet Karaaslan was appointed as the District Governor.
History Trade has flourished between Ergani and Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC. Ergani has a rich history of being a copper mining region. Copper supplied the entire region from Anatolia, Northern Levant to Upper Mesopotamia, but most importantly down the Euphrates river to Lower Mesopotamia.
Nearby sites important for the copper industry was Arslandtepe to the west and Norsun Tepe to the east. This region eventually produced arsenical copper, where the copper was added with arsenic. Arsenic is highly poisonous and was later replaced by tin.
Çayönü Near the village of Sesverenpınar, among the Hilar rocks Çayönü hill was first settled in c. 7500 BC, and was continuously inhabited until 5000 BC (but only occasionally since then). Remains have been found from the earlier habitation, one of the most important archaeological finds of its era.
Education There is 107 elementary schools, and 3 Anatolian high schools in Ergani. There is also a Dicle University Vocational School in Ergani.
Composition There are 102 neighbourhoods in Ergani District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Adnan Menderes Ahmetli Akçakale Akçoban Alitaşı Armutova Aşağıbitikçi Aşağıkuyulu Azıklı Aziziye Bademli Bagür Bahçekaşı Bereketli Boğazköy Boncuklu Bozyer Caferan Çakartaş Çakırfakır Canveren Çayırdere Çayköy Çimlihöyük Cömert Coşkun Çukurdere Dağarası Dallıdağ Değirmendere Demirli Dereboyu Deringöze Develi Devletkuşu Dibektaş Doğanköy Fatih Fevzi Çakmak Giraylar Gökiçi Gözekaya Gözlü Gülerce Güneştepe Güzelyurt Hançerli Hendekköy Hilar İncehıdır İstasyon Karaburçak Karpuzlu Karşıbağlar Kavaklı Kavurmaküpü Kayan Kemaliye Kemertaş Kesentaş Kıralan Kocaali Kömürtaş Kortaş Koyunalan Kumçi Morkoyun Namıkkemal Olgun Ortaağaç Ortayazı Otluca Özbilek Pınarkaya Sabırlı Salihli Sallar Sallıca Sanayi Saray Savaş Selmanköy Şirinevler Sökündüzü Şölen Tevekli Üçkardeş Usluca Üzümlü Yakacık Yamaçlar Yapraklı Yayvantepe Yeniköy Yeşilköy Yolbulan Yolköprü Yoncalı Yukarıbitikçi Yukarıkarpuzlu Yukarıkuyulu Ziyaret
Climate Ergani has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).
References
External links Official City Website