Ergani

Ergani lies in the hills northwest of Diyarbakır, in a district known for its copper-bearing rocks. The mines of the Keban–Ergani region were among the most important sources of copper in the Ottoman Empire, and their output supplied metalworkers far beyond the mountains where it was extracted. The town was recorded among the districts attached to the province of Diyarbakır in 1518, shortly after the Ottoman conquest of the region.