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Batman Province

Batman Province

Infobox Province TR
name=Batman
region=Southeastern Anatolia
licence = 72
total population = 518,020
area_code= 488
area= 4694
urban population=246,700 |

Batman (short for the "Bati Raman" mountains) is a Turkish province in the predominantly Kurdish [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/images/dist-kurdish.gifDistribution of Kurdish People] — GlobalSecurity.org] [Turkey does not register ethnicity in census, and there are thus no verifiable official figures. See Kurdish people.] southeast of Anatolia. The province's population is just over 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):
*Batman
*Beşiri
*Gercüş
*Hasankeyf
*Kozluk
*Sason

Notes and references

ee also

* Ilısu Dam Campaign

External links

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/The_Kurds/Story/0,,428351,00.html The Guardian – "What's in a name? Too much in Turkey"]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/kurdistan-maps.htm Maps of Kurdish Regions] by GlobalSecurity.org
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/images/dist-kurdish.gifMap of Kurdish Population Distribution] by GlobalSecurity.org
* [http://www.guneydogumirasi.org/eng/ Tourism information is available in English at the Southeastern Anatolian Promotion Project site.]

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