District of Diyarbakir

The district (Vilayet) of Diyarbakir was one of the larget districts of its kind in the late Ottoman Empire and it had a large number of Christians from different denomenations residing in the district. It had the biggest concentration of Syriacs/Aramaens popultion in the Ottoman Empire. It's name was the name of it's biggest city, Diyarbakir, which is a very old city on the Tigris River. Diyarbakir was devided into three small sub-districts (Sanjak)

• Diyarbakir sub-District (Sanjak):

There were six small districts (kaza): Beshiriyeh, Diyarbakir, Lice, Silvan, and Siverek. Derek had only one Syriac settlement called Derek

• Ergani-Maden sub-District (Sanjak):

There were three small districs (kaza): Maden, had only one Syriac settlement called Maden, Palu had only one Syriac settlement called Palu, and Cermik didn't have any Syriac settlements

• Mardin sub-District (Sanjak):

There five were small districts (kaza): Avine, Cizre, Mardin, Midyat, and Nisibin