Southeastern Anatolia Region

Southeastern Anatolia Region Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi
Region of Turkey

Country	Turkey
Area
• Total	76,509 km² (29,540 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	7,958,473
• Density	100/km² (270/sq mi)

Southeastern Anatolia Region (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is one of Turkey's seven census-defined geographical regions (bölge). It is bordered by the Mediterranean Region to the west, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the north, Syria to the south, and Iraq to the southeast.

Provinces 1
Population 2
Geography and climate 3
Tourism 4
See also 5
References 6

Provinces

Provinces in the Southeastern Anatolia Region

Population

Statistical Data from Turkish Statistics Association TUIK web site

Population by province:

Adıyaman: 623,811
Batman: 456,734
Diyarbakır: 1,462,708
Gaziantep: 1,685,249
Kilis: 114,724
Mardin: 705,098
Siirt: 263,676
Şanlıurfa: 1,443,422
Şırnak: 353,197

Geography and climate

Gaziantep Castle

Batman

Climate chart ()

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
57 8 −1	69 11 0	77 16 4	69 22 8	40 28 12	9 35 17	1 40 21	3 39 20	4 34 16	30 27 10	57 17 4	65 10 1
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: Turkish State Meteorology ^[1]

Imperial conversion
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
2.2 46 30	2.7 52 32	3 61 39	2.7 72 46	1.6 82 54	0.4 95 63	0 104 70	0.1 102 68	0.2 93 61	1.2 81 50	2.2 63 39	2.6 50 34
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches

Southeastern Anatolia Region has an area of 76.509 km² and is the second smallest region of Turkey. Southeastern Anatolia Region has a semi-arid continental climate with very hot and dry summers and cold and often snowy winters.

Tourism

Tourism information is available in English at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project site.

References

^ [1]

Census-defined geographical regions of Turkey

Aegean Black Sea Central Anatolia Eastern Anatolia Marmara Mediterranean Southeastern Anatolia

Categories

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Southeastern Anatolia Region