Şanlıurfa Province

Şanlıurfa Province (Kurdish: Parêzgeha Rihayê, Turkish: Şanlıurfa ili ) or simply Urfa Province is a province in Southeast Anatolia, Turkey. The city of Şanlıurfa is the capital of the province which bears its name. The population is 1,663,371 (2010 census). Population in 1990 was 1,001,455; 551,124 in the district centers, 450,331 in rural villages. By 2000, the population of Şanlıurfa province had grown to 1,436,956 and that of Şanlıurfa city, 829,000. Şanlıurfa province is divided into 11 districts (capital district in bold): Area 18,584 km² (7,173 sq. miles), the largest province of Southeast Anatolia with: Şanlıurfa includes several major components of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (in Turkish Güneydogu Anadolu Projesi (GAP))...