Batman Province
Batman (Kurdish: Êlih, Arabic: باتمان Bātmān, short for the Bati Raman mountains) is a Turkish province [1][2] southeast of Anatolia. The province's population is about 500,000.
The province is important because of its oil reserves and production. The oil refinery was founded in 1955. There is a 494-km oil pipeline from Batman to the Turkish town of İskenderun.
Cotton is the main agricultural product. A railway line connects Batman with Diyarbakır and Elazığ. The Batman River flows though the area.
Batman (246,700 inhabitants) is the provincial capital.
The province is also of interest from an archaeological point of view. Sights include the Imam Abdullah Dervish monastery and the bridges of Camiü‘r Rızk and Hasankeyf.
Districts
Batman province is divided into 6 districts (capital district in bold):
Notes and references
- ^ Distribution of Kurdish People — GlobalSecurity.org
- ^ Turkey does not register ethnicity in census, and there are thus no verifiable official figures. See Kurdish people.
See also
External links
- The Guardian – What's in a name? Too much in Turkey
- Maps of Kurdish Regions by GlobalSecurity.org
- Map of Kurdish Population Distribution by GlobalSecurity.org
- Tourism information is available in English at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project site.
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