District of Mardin

District of Mardin

• Bekhaire

• Benabil: A small village situated 8 kilometers east of Mardin. The village takes its name from the Byzantine fortress of Benabelon

• Brahemiye

• Der-Eliya: A village about 3 km south of Mardin, at the foot of the mountain of Mardin. It was named after the prophet Elijah, because of a church in it bearing the name of this prophet

• Goliye

• Ma’sarte: A village about 10 miles north of Mardin.

• Mansuriye: a village northwest of Mardin. It was attacked during Sayfo genocide events in 1915

• Mardin

• Qal’at-Mara: a village north of Mardin, on the way to the Za'faran Monastery.