Malatya Province
Template:Infobox Province TR Malatya Province (Turkish: Malatya ili) is a province of Turkey. It is part of a larger mountainous area. The capital of the province is Malatya (in Hittite: Milid or Maldi, meaning "city of honey"). Malatya is famous for its apricots. The area of Malatya province is 12,313 km². Malatya Province had a population of 853,658 according to the results of 2000 census, whereas in 2010 it had a population of 740,643. The provincial center, the city of Malatya, has a population of 426,381 (2010).Turks are majority in the province.[1]
Geography
Malatya is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
Districts
Malatya province is divided into 14 districts (capital district in bold):
- Akçadağ
- Arapgir
- Arguvan
- Battalgazi
- Darende
- Doğanşehir
- Doğanyol
- Hekimhan
- Kale
- Kuluncak
- Malatya
- Pütürge
- Yazıhan
- Yeşilyurt
Local sites
- İnönü University (since 1975)
- Turgut Özal Medical Center (in İnönü University)
- Malatya Erhaç Airport (serving both public and military)
- Eskimalatya (old city centre, very historical place)
References
External links
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- Template:Tr icon Malatya governor's official website
- Template:Tr icon Malatya
- Template:Tr icon Malatya municipality's official website
- Template:En icon Malatya weather forecast information
- Template:En icon Malatya directory
38°29′03″N 38°08′11″E / 38.48417°N 38.13639°E