Midyat
Midyat | |
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District and municipality | |
View of the old town of Midyat | |
Map showing Midyat District in Mardin Province | |
Midyat Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 37°25′00″N 41°22′11″E / 37.41667°N 41.36972°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Mardin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Veysi Şahin (AKP) |
Area | 1,241 km2 (479 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 953 m (3,127 ft) |
| Population (2022) | 120,069 |
| • Density | 96.75/km2 (250.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0482 |
| Website | www |
Midyat (Syriac: ܡܕܝܕ, romanized: Mëḏyaḏ, Kurdish: Midyad, Arabic: مديات) is a municipality and district of Mardin Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,241 km2, and its population is 120,069 (2022).
The town is populated by Kurds, Mhallami and Assyrians. The old Estel neighborhood is about 80 to 85% Kurdish-populated.
Midyat was originally made up of mostly Syriac Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant Christians. The spoken language of Midyat was until recently modern Aramaic (Surayt) and the town has throughout history been considered the capital of the Tur Abdin region, the heartland of Syriac Christianity.