Hilvan
District and municipality in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
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Hilvan (Kurdish: Curnê Reş,[2] Ottoman Turkish: قره جورون, romanized: Karacurun[3]) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.[4] Its area is 1,111 km2,[5] and its population is 42,218 (2022).[1] It is 55 km north from the city of Şanlıurfa.
Hilvan | |
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District and municipality | |
Map showing Hilvan District in Şanlıurfa Province | |
  Hilvan Location in Turkey  Hilvan Hilvan (Şanlıurfa) | |
| Coordinates: 37°35′19″N 38°57′20″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Şanlıurfa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Serhan Paydaş (Dem Parti) |
Area | 1,111 km2 (429 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 42,218 |
| • Density | 38.00/km2 (98.42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 63900 |
| Area code | 0414 |
| Website | www |
Composition
There are 71 neighbourhoods in Hilvan District:[6]
- Ağılmus
- Ağveren
- Akçakebir
- Akçaören
- Alpı
- Arabuk
- Arıca
- Arınık
- Arpalı
- Arslanlı
- Aşağıçatak
- Aşağıekece
- Aşağıkamış
- Aşağıkülünçe
- Aydınlı
- Bağlar
- Bahçecik
- Bahçelievler
- Balkı
- Bargaç
- Bölükbaşı
- Buğur
- Çağıllı
- Çakmak
- Çat
- Çimdeli
- Doğrular
- Faik
- Gelenek
- Göktepe
- Gölcük
- Gölebakan
- Gülaldı
- Güluşağı
- Gürgür
- Hanmağara
- Hayrat
- Hoşin
- İncirli
- Kadıkent
- Karaburç
- Karacurun
- Karakucak
- Karapınar
- Kavalık
- Kepirhisar
- Kepirkucak
- Kırbaşı
- Korgun
- Kovancı
- Küçük Gölcük
- Kuskunlu
- Malören
- Mantarlı
- Nasreddin
- Ömerli
- Orgız
- Ovacık
- Oymaağaç
- Özbaş
- Özveren
- Saluca
- Söğütlü
- Sucuhan
- Üçüzler
- Ustahasan
- Uzuncuk
- Yakınyurt
- Yeni
- Yeşerdi
- Yuvacalı
Notable people
- Mustafa Kılıç (1925-2004), politician
- Kenan Nuri Nehrozoğlu (1934-2021), politician
- Celal Paydaş (1940-1988), judge and politician
- Mahmut Tanal (born 1961), politician
- Nihat Şındak (born 1968), academic
- Bülent İnal (born 1973), actor
