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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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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