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Map showing Savur District in Mardin Province
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 Savur
Location in Turkey
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| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| Area | 962 km2 (371 sq mi) |
| Population
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24,821 |
| • Density | 25.801/km2 (66.83/sq mi) |
| Time zone | TRT (UTC+3) |
| Area code | 0482 |
Savur (Syriac: ܨܰܘܪܳܐ, romanized: Ṣawro; Arabic: صور, romanized: Ṣawr; Kurdish: Stewr), formerly known as Savor, is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 962 km2, and its population is 24,821 (2022).
Demographics
According to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, 1,032 lived in Savur on the eve of World War I. They had one church and two schools. They were massacred during the Armenian genocide. The Agha Petros mentions a Syriac population of 200.
| Turkish | Arabic | Kurdish | Circassian | Armenian | Unknown or other language |
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| 387 | 8,443 | 18,749 | – | – | 7 |
| Muslim | Christian | Jewish | Unknown or other religion |
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| 27,203 | 48 | – | 335 |
Today, the town is populated by Arabs, Assyrians and Kurds.
Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Yuhanun
Composition
There are 41 neighbourhoods in Savur District:
- Akyürek (Menda)
- Armutalan (Zivinga Menda)
- Bağyaka (Bakustan)
- Başağaç (Siçwan)
- Başkavak (Ehmedî)
- Bengisu
- Çınarönü (Cilîn)
- Dereiçi (Qeleth)
- Durusu (Kunifir)
- Evkuran (Dêrslav)
- Gölbaşı
- Harmantepe (Xerab Memo)
- Hisarkaya (Kela Pozreş)
- İçören
- İşgören (Qewsan)
- Kaplan
- Karaköy (Xerabreş)
- Kayacıklar (Bazikê)
- Kayatepe
- Kırbalı (Qerbe)
- Kırkdirek (Çilstûn, Kirdilek)
- Kocahüyük (Sêgira, Qosê)
- Köprülü (Bakaysê)
- Koşuyolu
- Ormancık (Askêla)
- Pınardere (Elfan)
- Safa
- Sancaklı (Birîva)
- Şenocak (Şutê)
- Serenli (Dengizan)
- Seydin
- Soylu (Dêrîş)
- Sürgücü (Ewîna)
- Taşlık (Cirzê)
- Tokluca
- Üçerli (Dêrteyar)
- Üçkavak
- Yaylayanı (Memika)
- Yazır (Qunzêrîp)
- Yenilmez
- Yeşilalan (Barman)
Notable people
- Aziz Sancar, Turkish scientist of Arab origin and second Turkish nobel laureate
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