Tillo (Arabic: تل) formerly Aydınlar is a district of Siirt Province of Turkey. The name was Aydınlar until November 2013, when it recovered its original Arabic name.
Tillo | |
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Tillo | |
| Coordinates: 37°57′03″N 42°00′48″E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Siirt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Mesut Memduhoğlu (AKP) |
| • Kaymakam | Mehmet Şirin Yaşar |
| Area | |
| • District | 69.20 km2 (26.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 1,832 |
| • District | 3,876 |
| • District density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Post code | 56870 |
| Website | www.aydinlar.bel.tr |
The name of the town is derived from the Arabic: تل, romanized: tell, lit. 'hill'.[3]
The town is mostly inhabited by Arabs.[3]
| Settlement | Ethnicity |
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| Akyayla | Kurdish[4] |
| Ikizbağlar | Arab[5] |
| Hatrant (Çınarlısu) | Kurdish[4] |
| Fersaf (Dereyamaç) | Arab[5] |
| Sinep (Çatılı) | Arab[5] |
| Taşbalta | Kurdish[4] |
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