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Also known as Batman

province in southeast Turkey

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Batman Province is a region located in southeast Turkey that serves as an administrative division in that area. It matters as part of Turkey's provincial system of government and regional organization.

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Wikidata facts

Country
Turkey
Located in
Turkey
Contains
Batman district
Continent
Asia
Capital
Batman
Official language
Turkish
Population
545792
Area
4477
Elevation
560
Shares border with
Diyarbakır Province
Official website
www.batman.gov.tr
Image
Batman districts.png
Households
141541
Life expectancy
79.09
Dialing code
488
Licence plate code
72
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category of associated people
Category:People from Batman Province
Commons category
Batman Province
topic's main category
Category:Batman Province
category for people born here
Category:Births in Batman Province
native label
Batman ili
postal code
72000–72999
male population
274782
female population
271010
annual number of weddings
4498
suicide rate
4.21
total fertility rate
1.32
mean age
25.39
minimum temperature record
-24
maximum temperature record
48.8
name in kana
バトマン
water as percent of area
1.7
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Encyclopedic overview

Batman Province (Turkish: Batman ili; Kurdish: Parêzgeha Êlihê, transl. "Province of Êlih";") is a province in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. It was created in May 1990 with Law No. 3647, incorporating districts from the eastern Siirt Province and the southern Mardin Province. The province has an area of 4,477 km (1,729 sq mi) and a population of 634,491 (2022). Its current governor is Ekrem Canalp.

The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority. It is an important center for Turkey's oil industry, which has driven rapid urbanization since the mid-20th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Batman Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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