Şırnak Province

Şırnak Province Şırnak ili
Province of Turkey
Damlabaşı, Şırnak Province
Location of Şırnak Province in Turkey
Country	Turkey
Region	Southeast Anatolia
Subregion	Mardin
Government
• Electoral district	Şırnak
Area
• Total	7,172 km2 (2,769 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)
• Total	430,109
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0486
Vehicle registration	73

The Şırnak Province (Turkish: Şırnak ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Şirnex‎) is a Turkish province in Southeastern Anatolia Region. Şırnak borders Iraq and Syria. Şırnak was legally separated from Siirt province on May 16, 1990. This law also attached several districts from neighboring provinces of Siirt and Mardin, making them part of Şırnak, including Cizre and Silopi.

As of 2013, the province had an estimated population of 475,255 people. The majority of the province's population is Kurdish.

The 2015–16 Şırnak clashes are ongoing in Şırnak City, and its districts Cizre, Idil and Silopi.

The province borders Siirt Province to the north, Van Province to the northeast, Mardin Province to the west, Batman Province to the northwest, Syria to the southwest, and Iraq to the southeast. Şırnak Province has some mountainous regions in the west and the south, but the majority of the province consists of plateaus, resulting from the many rivers that cross it. These include the Tigris, and its tributaries Hezil and Kızılsu, and also Çağlayan. The most important mountains are the Cudi (2089 m), the Gabar, the Namaz and the Altın. Şırnak is the poorest province of Turkey with an average of 508 TL per capita.

Şırnak province is divided into 7 districts (capital district in bold):

Şırnak has been a focal point in Turkey's struggle against Kurdish separatist organization PKK.