Batman (province)

Batman
Province number:	72
Counties
Basic data
Coordinates:	38 ° 5 '  N , 41 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 5 '  N , 41 ° 24'  E
Provincial capital:	Batman (city)
Region:	Southeast Anatolia
Surface:	4,477 km²
Population:	599,103 (2018)
Population density:	131 inhabitants / km²
Political
Governor:	Hulusi Şahin
Seats in Parliament:	4th
Structural
Telephone code:	0488
Features :	72
Website
www.batman.gov.tr (Turkish)

Batman ( Kurdish Êlih ) is a province in southeastern Turkey , north of the Dicle ( Tigris ). The province of Muş is to the north , Diyarbakır to the west , Bitlis and Siirt to the east and Mardin to the south . It is named after the Batman River. The provincial capital is the largest city ​​of the same name, Batman .

The province was created in May 1990 by Law No. 3647. Three counties were separated from the province of Siirt to the east (Beşiri, Kozluk and Sason), the remaining three counties from the southern province of Mardin . The province of Batman comprises eleven municipalities ( Belediye ) and 283 villages ( Köy ) in six districts .

Administrative division

The province is divided into six districts (also districts, İlçe ):

district	Area 1 (km²)	Population (2018) 2		Number of Units			Density (Ew / km²)	urban share (in%)	Sex ratio 3	Founding date 4.5
		District ( İlçe )	Administrative headquarters (Merkez)	Municipalities (Belediye)	City quarter (Mahalle)	Villages (Köy)
Batman Merkez	653	447.106	419,517	2	49	32	684.7	95.15	992	1990
Beşiri	809	30,445	9,280	2	9	53	37.6	42.68	977
Gercüş	914	20,484	6.191	2	6th	58	22.4	41.54	990	1926
Hasankeyf	293	6,724	3,326	1	3	21st	22.9	49.46	961	1990
Kozluk	1.101	61,437	26496	2	30th	69	55.8	48.15	987	1938
Sason	706	32,907	13,433	2	36	50	46.6	51.48	946
PROVINCE Batman	4,477	599.103		11	133	283	133.8	82.92	988

The names of the districts are in Kurdish:

Batman (kurd. Êlih ) Beşiri (Kurd. Qubîn ) Gercüş (Kurd. Kercos or Kercews )	Hasankeyf (kurd. Hesenkêf or Heskîf ) Kozluk (Kurd. Hezo ) Sason (kurd. Qabilcewz )

swell

¹ Area 2014

² Population update as of December 31, 2018

³ Gender ratio : number of women per 1000 men (calculated)

^4th Ministry of Interior PDF

⁵Counties that were not formed until after Turkey was founded (1923).

population

Most of the Kurds live in the province . There are also zazas and Turks . There are still a few Turkmen Alevi villages in Batman, especially in the north. The vast majority of the population belongs to Sunni Islam. There are Alevi Muslims among the Zazas and the Turkmen. Yazidis are another denomination, but most of the Yazidis have left Batman. Gercüş has had a significant number of mhallami for centuries . The villages and towns of Kayapınar , Yenice and Yolağzı have a large Arab population.

Population development at the end of the year

At the 2011 census, the average age in the province was 19.3 years (national average: 29.6), with the female population being on average 0.7 years older than the male population (19.7-19.0).
The following table shows the annual population development at the end of the year after updating by the addressable population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007. In addition, the population growth rate and the sex ratio (are Sex Ratio h. Number of women per 1,000 men d.) Listed.
The 2011 census found 520,883 inhabitants, which is over 64,000 more than in the 2000 census.

year	Population at the end of the year			Population growth rate (in%)	Gender ratio (women per 1000 men)	Rank (among 81 provinces)
	total	male	Female
2018	599.103	301,413	297,690	2.37	988	36
2017	585.252	293,843	291,409	1.45	992	36
2016	576,899	290,479	286.420	1.81	986	37
2015	566,633	284,866	281,767	1.62	989	38
2014	557,593	280.002	277,591	1.83	991	38
2013	547,581	275.136	272,445	2.50	990	39
2012	534.205	268,941	265.264	1.85	986	39
2011	524,499	263.901	260,598	2.80	987	40
2010	510.200	255.502	254,698	2.45	997	40
2009	497.998	250,612	247.386	2.55	987	40
2008	485.616	244.981	240,635	2.78	982	40
2007	472,487	236.314	236.173	-	999	42
2000 1	456.734	23.0711	226.023		980	45

¹ 2000 census

Population of the counties

The values ​​from 1990 and 2000 are based on the population censuses, the remaining (2007-2018) are population figures at the end of the year, determined by updating the population register introduced in 2007 (ADNKS)

district	1990	2000	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Merkez	168,779	272,787	315.964	324.402	341.025	355.151	370.705	381.990	395.005	408.248	419.253	429,665	439,667	447.106
Beşiri	34,358	33.106	31,649	32,282	30,774	30.184	30,342	30.303	31,177	30,327	30,129	30,411	29,199	30,445
Gercüş	33.002	31,994	25,549	26,111	24,049	23,330	22,771	22,183	21,840	20,862	20,278	19,995	19,214	20,484
Hasankeyf	11,690	7,493	7.207	7,412	6,935	6,796	6,637	6.702	6,748	6,509	6.374	6,370	6,393	6,724
Kozluk	64,427	74,635	60,888	62.114	62,570	62,095	61,587	61,552	61.129	61.001	60,691	60,691	60,933	61,437
Sason	32,413	36,719	31,230	33,295	32,645	32,644	32,457	31,475	31,682	30,646	29,908	29,767	29,846	32,907
Toplam	344,669	456.734	472,487	485.616	497.998	510.200	524,499	534.205	547,581	557,593	566,633	576,899	585.252	599.103

economy

Batman Province is the center of the Turkish oil industry, the oil refinery was founded in 1955. A 494 km long pipeline connects Batman with İskenderun on the Mediterranean . In agriculture, mainly cotton is produced. There is a railway connection to Diyarbakır and Elazığ .

Sights include the Imam Abdullah Monastery and the Camiü'r Rızk and Hasankeyf Bridges .

Personalities

• Ahmet Güneştekin , artist
• Karapetê Xaço , Armenian singer and musician
• Selim Temo , writer and translator

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Turkish Institute for Statistics , accessed December 24, 2017
2. ↑ Batman Province website (Governor Portrait)
3. ↑ Directorate General of Mapping İl ve İlçe Yüzölçümleri (PDF; 0.25 MB).
4. ↑ Türkiye Nüfusu İl İlçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusu , accessed on April 23, 2019.
5. ↑ illeridaresi.gov.tr (PDF; 1.4 MB).
6. ↑ 1990 census (Turkish)
7. ↑ 2000 census (Turkish)
8. ↑ MDS / Central Dissemination System from TÜIK (Eng./Turk.)