Businesses in Silopi

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Silopi

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Car repair	15
Education	11
Automotive	10
Restaurants	9
Shopping	9
Gas station	8
Taxis	8
Grocery stores and supermarkets	7
Clothing stores	7
Pharmacies and drug stores	6
Electronics stores	6
Real estate	5
Beauty salons	5

Silopi Facts

Area	823.8 km²
Population	216,991
Male Population	110,129 (50.8%)
Female Population	106,862 (49.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+1411.4%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+127.7%
Median Age	16.8 years (Male: 16.6, Female: 17)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$22,003 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Dicle Mahallesi, Cudi Mahallesi, Yeşiltepe Mahallesi, Yenişehir Mahallesi, Şehit Harun Boy Mahallesi
Local Time
Timezone	Türkiye Standard Time
Lat & Lng	37.24379, 42.46345

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Silopi Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	14,357	48,720	95,297	189,258	216,991	240,953	269,727
Population Density	17.4 / km²	59.1 / km²	115.7 / km²	229.7 / km²	263.4 / km²	292.5 / km²	327.4 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Silopi Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 127.7% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Silopi	+1411.4%	+345.4%	+127.7%
Şırnak Province	—	—	—
Turkey	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Silopi Median Age

Median Age: 16.8 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Silopi	16.8 yrs	17 yrs	16.6 yrs
Şırnak Province	17.5 yrs	17.8 yrs	17.3 yrs
Turkey	29.3 yrs	29.8 yrs	28.7 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Silopi Population Density

Population Density: 263 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Silopi	216,991	823.8 km²	263 / km²
Şırnak Province	507,890	7,114.7 km²	71.4 / km²
Turkey	77.8 million	780,782.9 km²	99.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Silopi Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Neighborhoods in Silopi

Percentage of businesses by neighborhood in Silopi

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Silopi

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Silopi

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Silopi Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$9,485	$9,595	$9,644	$9,624	$9,604	$15,363	$18,681	$22,003
Total GDP	$357.9M	$518.8M	$786.2M	$1.1B	$1.3B	$2.5B	$4.1B	$4.9B

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Silopi CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Silopi	844,588 tn	3.89 tn	1,025.2 tons/km²
Şırnak Province	2,025,281 tn	3.99 tn	284.7 tons/km²
Turkey	435,645,812 tn	5.6 tn	558 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Silopi CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	844,588 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	3.89 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	1,025.2 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (8)
Earthquake	Medium (6)
Landslide	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
7/10/19	10:56 AM	4.3	83.2 km	10,000 m	33km NE of Sinah, Iraq	usgs.gov
11/22/18	5:50 AM	4.1	4.6 km	10,000 m	1km SW of Yenikoy, Turkey	usgs.gov
1/23/16	7:53 AM	4.3	91.2 km	10,910 m	8km NNE of Begendik, Turkey	usgs.gov
2/4/15	2:48 AM	4	88 km	6,000 m	7km ENE of Begendik, Turkey	usgs.gov
8/5/12	8:37 PM	5	48.6 km	17,500 m	Turkey-Syria-Iraq border region	usgs.gov
6/14/12	7:17 PM	4.2	90.7 km	2,500 m	eastern Turkey	usgs.gov
6/14/12	5:52 AM	5.3	13.5 km	5,400 m	Turkey-Syria-Iraq border region	usgs.gov
1/6/12	2:06 AM	4.3	84.9 km	5,400 m	Turkey-Syria-Iraq border region	usgs.gov
5/29/11	11:02 AM	4.5	21.3 km	11,200 m	Turkey-Syria-Iraq border region	usgs.gov
1/2/11	1:14 PM	4.2	97.4 km	38,300 m	Iraq	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Silopi

Silopi is a district of Şırnak Province in Turkey's Southeastern Anatolia Region, close to the borders of Iraq and Syria. The district, composed of Silopi center, 3 depending townships with own municipalities and 23 villages has an urban population o..

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