Back بطمان (محافظة) Arabic Batman ili Azerbaijani باتمان اوستانی AZB Батман (правінцыя) Byelorussian Батман (правінцыя) BE-X-OLD Батман (вилает) Bulgarian Batman (proviñs) Breton Batman (pokrajina) BS Província d'Êlih Catalan Batman (lalawigan) CEB

Batman Province

Batman Province
Province
Location of Batman Province in Turkey
Location of Batman Province in Turkey
CountryTurkey
SeatBatman
Government
 • GovernorEkrem Canalp (deposed)
Area
[1]
4,477 km2 (1,729 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
634,491
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)
Area code0488
Websitebatman.gov.tr

Batman Province (Turkish: Batman ili, Kurdish: Parêzgeha Êlihê;[3] Armenian: Բատմանի զավառ) is a province in Turkey.[4] It was created in May 1990 with the Law No. 3647 taking some parts from the eastern Province of Siirt and some from the southern Province of Mardin.[5] Its area is 4,477 km2,[1] and its population is 634,491 (2022).[2] Its current governor is Ekrem Canalp.[6]

The province is considered part of Turkish Kurdistan and has a Kurdish majority.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Li Êlihê teqîn... kuşti û birîndar heye". Nerina Azad (in Kurdish). 4 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri". T.C. İçişleri Bakanlığı (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ^ Deichmann, Somik V. Lall, Souleymane Coulibaly, Uwe (2007). Urbanization and Productivity: Evidence from Turkish Provinces over the Period. World Bank Publications. p. 7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "T.C. Batman Valiliği". www.batman.gov.tr. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  7. ^ Watts, Nicole F. (2010). Activists in Office: Kurdish Politics and Protest in Turkey (Studies in Modernity and National Identity). Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-295-99050-7.
  8. ^ Izreʿel, Shlomo; Drory, Rina (1995). Language and Culture in the Near East. BRILL. p. 244. ISBN 9789004104570.

Developed by StudentB