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	'''Batman''' is a ] ] in the predominantly Kurdish<ref> — ]</ref><ref>Turkey does not register ethnicity in census, and there are thus no verifiable official figures. See ].</ref> southeast of ], with a population of slightly ~~less~~ than 500,000. The ] flows though the area. The province is important because of its oil reserves and production. The oil refinery was founded in 1955. There is a 494 kilometers long oil pipeline from Batman to the Turkish town of ]. ] is the main agricultural product. A railway line connects Batman with ] and ]. The name is short for the Bati Raman mountains.		'''Batman''' is a ] ] in the predominantly Kurdish<ref> — ]</ref><ref>Turkey does not register ethnicity in census, and there are thus no verifiable official figures. See ].</ref> southeast of ], with a population of slightly larger than 500,000. The ] flows though the area. The province is important because of its oil reserves and production. The oil refinery was founded in 1955. There is a 494 kilometers long oil pipeline from Batman to the Turkish town of ]. ] is the main agricultural product. A railway line connects Batman with ] and ]. The name is short for the Bati Raman mountains.

	] (246,700 inhabitants) is the provincial capital.		] (246,700 inhabitants) is the provincial capital.

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Template:Infobox Province TR

Batman is a Turkish province in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Anatolia, with a population of slightly larger than 500,000. The Batman River flows though the area. The province is important because of its oil reserves and production. The oil refinery was founded in 1955. There is a 494 kilometers long 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 name is short for the Bati Raman mountains.

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

Distribution of Kurdish People — GlobalSecurity.org
Turkey does not register ethnicity in census, and there are thus no verifiable official figures. See Kurdish people.

External links

Batman Province of Turkey

Districts

List of provinces by region
Istanbul	Istanbul
West Marmara	Balıkesir Çanakkale Edirne Kırklareli Tekirdağ
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar Aydın Denizli İzmir Kütahya Manisa Muğla Uşak
East Marmara	Bilecik Bolu Bursa Düzce Eskişehir Kocaeli Sakarya Yalova
West Anatolia	Ankara Karaman Konya
Mediterranean	Adana Antalya Burdur Hatay Isparta Kahramanmaraş Mersin Osmaniye
Central Anatolia	Aksaray Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırşehir Nevşehir Niğde Sivas Yozgat
West Black Sea	Amasya Bartın Çankırı Çorum Karabük Kastamonu Samsun Sinop Tokat Zonguldak
East Black Sea	Artvin Giresun Gümüşhane Ordu Rize Trabzon
Northeast Anatolia	Ağrı Ardahan Bayburt Erzincan Erzurum Iğdır Kars
Central East Anatolia	Bingöl Bitlis Elazığ Hakkâri Malatya Muş Tunceli Van
Southeast Anatolia	Adıyaman Batman Diyarbakır Gaziantep Kilis Mardin Siirt Şanlıurfa Şırnak

Metropolitan municipalities are bolded.

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38°04′55″N 41°24′26″E / 38.08194°N 41.40722°E / 38.08194; 41.40722

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