Hazro, Diyarbakır
District and municipality in Diyarbakır, Turkey
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Hazro (Kurdish: Hezro;[2] Syriac: Qaṣabah Ḥazrū)[3][a] is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey.[5] Its area is 426 km2,[6] and the population was 16,093 in 2022.[1] It is populated by Kurds.[2]
Hazro | |
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District and municipality | |
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 Map showing Hazro District in Diyarbakır Province | |
  Hazro Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 38°15′22″N 40°46′59″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Diyarbakır |
Area | 426 km2 (164 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 16,093 |
| • Density | 37.8/km2 (97.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 21560 |
| Area code | 0412 |
| Website | www |
History
Qaṣabah Ḥazrū (today called Hazro) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Kurdish-speaking Armenians.[7] In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 10 households, who paid 10 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.[3] There were 176 Armenian hearths in 1880.[8] There were Armenian churches of Surb Astvatsatsin and Surb Shmavon.[8]
200 Armenian Orthodox families from Hazro fled to Diyarbakır in June 1889, abandoning their harvests, homes, and all of their possessions, to escape the violence inflicted by Agha Seweddin Bey.[9] It was located in the kaza (district) of Silvan in the Diyarbekir sanjak in the Diyarbekir vilayet in c. 1900.[4] In 1914, it was populated by 200 Syriacs, according to the list presented to the Paris Peace Conference by the Assyro-Chaldean delegation.[10] The Armenians were attacked by the Belek, Bekran, Şegro, and other Kurdish tribes in May 1915 amidst the Armenian genocide.[11]
In the local elections in March 2019, Ahmet Çevik from the Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected Mayor.[12] He was dismissed in November 2019 and the District Governor Ali Öner was appointed as trustee.[13]
Composition
There are 31 neighbourhoods in Hazro District:[14]
