Siirt Province, (Turkish: Siirt ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Sêrtê;[1] Armenian: Սղերդ զավառ) is a province of Turkey, located in the southeast.[2] The province borders Bitlis to the north, Batman to the west, Mardin to the southwest, Şırnak to the south, and Van to the east. Its area is 5,717 km2,[3] and its population is 331,311 (2022).[4] Its capital is Siirt.[2] It encompasses 12 municipalities, 280 villages and 214 hamlets.[2]
The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.[5][6] The current Governor of the Siirt province is Kemal Kızılkaya.[7]
^"Serokê Parêzgeha Sêrtê yê HDPê Çetîn hat girtin" (in Kurdish). Anadolu Agency. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ abc"Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^"İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^"Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^Watts, Nicole F. (2010). Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-295-99050-7.
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^"Yöneticilerimiz". Siirt Valiliği. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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