Cizre

town and district of Şırnak Province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey
Place town Q821363
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Summary

Cizre is a town[1]. Cizre ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (812 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Şırnak Province[3]
  • Country: Turkey[4]
  • Instance of: border city[5], big city[6]
  • Postal code: 73000–73999[7]
  • Commons category: Cizre[8]
  • Licence plate code: 35[9]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[10], time in Turkey[11]
  • Official website: https://www.cizre.bel.tr/[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cizre[13]
  • Population: 143,124[14]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15]
  • Category for people born here: Q32674805[16]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cizre[17]
  • Name in kana: ジズレ[18]
  • Elevation above sea level: 377 m[19]
  • Area: 1200 km²[20]
  • Urban population: 50,023[21], 69,591[22], 90,477[23], 96,452[24], 100,478[25], 104,844[26], 106,831[27], 110,166[28], 112,973[29], 111,266[30], 112,919[31], 118,953[32], 121,073[33], 125,799[34]
  • Rural population: 13,603[35], 12,451[36], 15,174[37], 16,589[38], 16,951[39], 18,123[40], 17,973[41], 19,412[42], 19,884[43], 20,550[44], 20,989[45], 118,953[46], 22,051[47], 22,898[48]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Cizre include Cizre Dam[49], a dam[50], in Turkey[51].

Why It Matters

Cizre has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Cizre is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Entities named for Cizre include Cizre Dam[49], a dam[50], in Turkey[51].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] ↑ . lexpera.com.tr. lexpera.com.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . lexpera.com.tr. lexpera.com.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+03:00, time in Turkey
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q317272
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q317272, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Urban population → {'amount': '+50023'}, {'amount': '+69591'}, {'amount': '+90477'} +13
    Official website → https://www.cizre.bel.tr/
    Instance of → town, border city, big city
    Population → {'amount': '+143124'}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Openweathermap city id: 318253, Moving from Cizre district"
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