Lice (pronounced ), (, ,) is a municipality and district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 982 km2, and its population is 24,364 (2022). It is located  from the capital, Diyarbakır. Its population is Kurdish. In the local elections in March 2019 Tarık Mercan from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was elected mayor. The current District Governor is Muhammed Evlice.

History 
Lice was the headquarters of the 5th Army Corps of the Turkish army during the Sheikh Said rebellion in 1925 and it was a focal point at the beginning of the rebellion. The town was captured on the 20 February by the troops loyal to Sheikh Said. The Kurdish Zirki tribe in the Lice district also supported the Sheik Said rebellion and as a reprisal, the tribes villages Çaylarbaşı, Kurlu, Alataş, Mat-bur and Çağlayan have been demolished and the residing population was killed by troops of the Turkish army. It was reported that the troops of the Turkish Major Ali Haydar have wiped out the majority of the Sheikhs.      

On 6 September 1975, Lice was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of  6.7. Around 1.500 people were killed in Lice according to the mayor.

The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK, was founded in the village of Fis, in Lice district on November 27, 1978.

The Lice massacre, during which the Turkish army demolished large parts of the town in reprisal of the death of an Jandarma officer, took place from October 20–23, 1993. 

Between 2018 and 2019 localities in the Lice district have often been targeted with curfews declared by the Turkish authorities, which wanted to execute security operations in the district. 

The Kurdish castle of Ataq used to exist near the modern Lice.

Composition
There are 70 neighbourhoods in Lice District:

 Abalı
 Akçabudak
 Arıklı
 Bağlan
 Baharlar
 Bayırlı
 Birlik
 Budak
 Çağdaş
 Cami Kebir
 Çarşı
 Çavundur
 Çeper
 Çıralı
 Dallıca
 Damar
 Daralan
 Delvan
 Dernek
 Dibekköy
 Dolunay
 Duruköy
 Ecemiş
 Erginköy
 Esenler
 Gökçe
 Güçlü
 Güldiken
 Gürbeyli
 Hedik
 Kabakaya
 Kalı
 Karahasan
 Kelvan
 Kılıçlı
 Kıpçak
 Kıralan
 Kıyıköy
 Körtük
 Kumluca
 Kutlu
 Mulla
 Müminağa
 Muradiye
 Ortaç
 Örtülü
 Oyuklu
 Şaar
 Savat
 Saydamlı
 Şenlik
 Serince
 Sığınak
 Tepe
 Türeli
 Tuzlaköy
 Uçarlı
 Üçdamlar
 Ulucak
 Yalaza
 Yalımlı
 Yamaçlı
 Yaprakköy
 Yenişehir
 Yeşilburç
 Yolçatı
 Yorulmaz
 Yünlüce
 Ziyaret
 Zümrüt

References

 
Populated places in Diyarbakır Province
Districts of Diyarbakır Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Kurdish settlements in Diyarbakır Province