Batman Province

Batman Province () is a Turkis province sootheast o Anatolie. The province's population exceedit 500,000 in 2010.

The province is important acause o its reserves an production o ile which wis stairtit in the 1940s. There is a 494-km lang ile pipeline frae Batman tae the Turkis port o İskenderun. Cotton is the main agricultural product. A railway line connects Batman wi the nearbi provinces o Diyarbakır an Elazığ an wi the caipital Istanbul. The Batman River flows though the aurie. Batman(, ) wi 246,700 inhabitants, is the provincial caipital. The province is an aw o interest frae an aircheological point o view. Sichts include the Imam Abdullah Dervish monastery, Malabadi Brig an the brigs o Camiü‘r Rızk an Hasankeyf.

Basic information

The province occupees an aurie o 4,649 km² (4,659 accordin tae ither sourceTürkei , Europa auf einen Blick) an is dividit intae sax destricts: Batman (caipital, population 324,402 in 2008), Beşiri (32,282), Gercüş (26,111), Hasankeyf (7,412), Kozluk (62,114) an Sason (33,295).Population Statistics, Turkish Statistical Institute There are 270 veelages in the province.Balaban, Meltem Şenol Risk society and planning: the case of flood disaster management in turkish cities. PhD Thesis. Graduate School of Natural and Applied sciences, Middle East Technical University 2009, p. 21

References

Category:Provinces o Turkey

Category:Sootheastren Anatolie Region
Category:Kurdish inhabitit regions
Category:Assirie settlements