Meiafarakin
| Silvan | |
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 Silvan
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| Coordinates: 38°08′32″N 41°00′05″E / 38.14222°N 41.00139°ECoordinates: 38°08′32″N 41°00′05″E / 38.14222°N 41.00139°E | |
| Country |
 Turkey
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| Province | Diyarbakır |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Yüksel Bodakçı (BDP) |
| • Kaymakam | Doğan Demirdaş |
| Area | |
| • District | 1,397.14 km2 (539.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Urban | 43,676 |
| • District | 86,450 |
| • District density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Post code | 21640 |
| Website | www.silvan.bel.tr |
Silvan (Turkish: Silvan, Ottoman Turkish: ميا فارقين Meyafarikîn,Arabic: ميافارقين, Meiafarakin or Mayyafariqin; Armenian: Նփրկերտ, Np'rkert; Greek: Mαρτυρόπολις, Martyropolis; Kurdish: Farqîn; Syriac: ܡܝܦܪܩܝܛ, Mayperqiṭ) is a city in the Diyarbakır Province of Turkey. Its population is 41,451.
Silvan has been identified by several scholars as one of two possible locations (the other being Arzan) of Tigranakert (Tigranocerta), the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Armenia, which was built by King Tigran the Great (ruling 95–55 BCE) and named in his honor.
In 69 BCE, the army of Republican Rome defeated Tigran's troops in the battle of Tigranocerta. The city lost its importance as a thriving center for trade and Hellenistic culture in the following decades. In 387 CE, with the Peace of Acilisene, Tigranakert was made part of the Byzantine Empire.
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